Figure 1
“How” questions are associated with guiding actions. Plotted on the y-axis is the percentage of participants selecting a particular question-word. Participants were more likely to select “How” over other question-words when asking a question to help guide their actions to achieve a goal. They also were more likely to ask “How” to help guide their actions than to simply increase their understanding. ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01.
