Anne Test, with the only motivation being getting the right answer, only 13% passed. But when the children were given the Dot-Midge Test with the motivation being to win a prize, 74% passed—choosing Midge to go first because the child knew that Midge had a false idea of where the toy would be. Neither of these percentages are in line with random chance—they are both far enough away from 50% to make it clear that something is inadequate about the Sally-Anne Test. (Some researchers speculate that the standard “reward” in the Sally-Anne Test, i.e. the social reward of being pleasing to the
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