
pmid: 5054063
College students selected for extremes of concrete and abstract conceptual structure were given 4 visual information-processing tasks: Matching Familiar Figures, Design Recall test, Embedded-figures test, and a task requiring identification of familiar objects presented tachistoscopically at 1/100 sec. Schroder's theory of conceptual structure provided a basis for predicting that abstract Ss would proceed more reflectively on the tasks than would concrete Ss, i.e., abstract Ss were expected to show longer response times and a higher proportion of correct responses. Results showed little generality of either speed or accuracy over tasks, and no support for the conceptual structure hypothesis. Non-parametric analysis of over-all performance indicated that abstract Ss and males tended to be both faster and more accurate in visual tasks than concrete Ss and females, respectively.
Male, Psychological Tests, Concept Formation, Decision Making, Information Theory, Sex Factors, Task Performance and Analysis, Reaction Time, Visual Perception, Humans, Female, Problem Solving, Personality, Probability
Male, Psychological Tests, Concept Formation, Decision Making, Information Theory, Sex Factors, Task Performance and Analysis, Reaction Time, Visual Perception, Humans, Female, Problem Solving, Personality, Probability
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