When we reason about the goals of others, how do we balance the positive outcomes that actions led to, with the potentially bad ways those actions could have ended? In a four-part experiment, we tested whether and how adults (full study) and 6- to …
Our everyday decisions are driven by costs, risk, and reward. How do people take these factors into account when they predict and explain the decisions of others? In a two-part experiment, we assessed people’s perceptions of other people’s risk …