Re: search term

[Donald McBurney]

I have been doing a class exercise for many years (origin unknown) where I would give them a series of problems all of which had the answer "14," and asking for  the  first vegetable they thought  of.  I interpreted  it as triggering the association "14 karat gold."  I always realized that a control group was  needed (and usually told  my students so), but never did it.   Anybody?     don     Donald McBurney DeVolder Carol L wrote: 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] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]