Every person is a psychologist of sort, making conclusions about human behavior throughout their life based on folklore and their own experiences. Long ago a noted psychologist, Fritz Heider, coined the term "naive psychology" for the conclusions about human behavior which a person naturally acquires in the course of their life. But some of these "facts" are wrong. One of these is that the most important distinction between child and adult is that a child possesses less factual information; another is that because the primary source of information is visual it makes sense to hide when unwanted chores are handed out.
Why it is difficult for an adult to distinguish behavioral fact from fantasy derives from two factors: a lack of knowledge about psychological development; and the power of the unconscious which prizes comfort over distress even at the price of behaving unwisely or irrationally.
A simple solution to this problem is that when feeling impelled to act quickly one should stop and ask oneself why? Is this behavior in my best interest or for my immediate comfort? As I never tire of repeating: the unconscious is powerful and one must respect its power.