Children Strategically Decide What to Practice.

However, although the majority of 4‐ and 5‐year‐olds chose to practice the difficult game in the random condition, this effect did not reach statistical significance.

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Preschool‐age children show a similar pattern, though the effect is only trending toward significance, suggesting that the ability to strategically choose a harder task in preparation for an uncertain future may emerge between ages 4 and 6.

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Therefore, 4‐ to 5‐year‐old children adapt their practice strategies to different goals (chi‐square tests of condition difference), but they do not consistently choose to practice the difficult task above chance in the random condition, though there is a trend towards significance (binomial regression for the Test‐Random condition). 3.

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