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to group by the alternative scale. The sequence depicted in Figure 33 remained the same
for all practice and training conditions. Six blocks of 24 experimental trials were
presented in each post-training period. Reaction times for the post-training period were
measured. It was hypothesized that participants who practiced grouping by a particular
scale would be faster to group by that scale in the post-training period when compared
with those who were asked to group by an alternative scale.
Figure 33. Experimental sequence for Experiment 3
Note. Experimental prime is followed by a mask.
Results and discussion
Sixty-one participants volunteered to participate in Experiment 3. I omitted the
data from one participant from the global to local condition because her reaction times
were more than three standard deviations above the group mean. The 60 remaining
participants ranged in age from 18 to 45 with a mean of 20.6. Four males and 56 females
participated. A 2X2 between participants ANOVA (Training size scale X Test size scale)
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