RE: search term

[DeVolder Carol L]

Actually, I think the phenomenon is that to most of us, carrots are the quintessential vegetable. It doesn't matter what the mathematical operation is or the result, it's just a filler. -----Original Message----- From: don allen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 4:50 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: search term Hi All-   A student is attempting some research based on the observation that when Ss are asked to perform a number of mathematical operations which result in "six" (eg. What is 2 + 4) and then asked to name a vegetable the most frequent response is "carrot". I'm sure that there is some literature on this phenomenon but I can't think of a really good search term to use in Psych abstracts. Any help?   Thanks a lot,   -Don. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]