Abstract Across four experiments (total N = 280) we find that children aged 2–4 show a novel bias favoring typical over atypical story events. In Experiment 1, 2−3-year-olds expected animals in a story to eat species-typical foods, even though other animals in the story ate foods atypical for their species. In Experiment 2, 2−3-year-olds successfully remembered atypical events in a story, which suggests the bias does not result from difficulty remembering these events. In Experiment 3, 3−4-year-olds chose atypical events when judging how a story would continue. But when predicting how the experimenter would continue the story, they were as likely to choose typical events. In Experiments 4A&B, children persisted in choosing typical events after having been asked to explain why earlier story events had been atypical. Overall, our findings suggest that children favor typical over atypical story events and may have difficulty disregarding or overriding the bias.

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可能的故事：幼儿喜欢典型的故事事件而不是非典型的故事事件

摘要 通过四项实验（总 N = 280），我们发现 2-4 岁的儿童表现出一种偏爱典型而非非典型故事事件的新偏见。在实验 1 中，2-3 岁的孩子期望故事中的动物吃物种典型的食物，即使故事中的其他动物吃的是非典型物种的食物。在实验 2 中，2-3 岁的孩子成功地记住了故事中的非典型事件，这表明偏见并不是由于难以记住这些事件造成的。在实验 3 中，3-4 岁的儿童在判断故事将如何继续时选择了非典型事件。但是在预测实验者将如何继续故事时，他们很可能会选择典型的事件。在实验 4A 和 B 中，孩子们在被要求解释为什么早期的故事事件是非典型的之后，仍然坚持选择典型的事件。全面的，