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View larger image | Babies can think in probabilistic ways. After seeing two researchers both succeed and fail in using a sound-making toy, a baby who then fails with the same toy is likely to think the toy is faulty and tends to go for another (below, left). But when one researcher fails and a second succeeds, the baby more often takes the blame and asks for help (right).
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