I tried it too, and tried condition one first and condition two second. I never did see the horse UNTIL I remembered that the name of the file said something about a horse (so I guess I cheated). I loved the idea and I agree that you probably need the picture of the horse for some sort of priming to occur. And you need to change the name of the file... Carol
Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose University Davenport, Iowa 52803 phone: 563-333-6482 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 2:25 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Feedback on Perceptual Set online experiment Michael, I would say (with tongue-in-cheek) that the experiment worked perfectly: your subconscious mind had to time to mull over the images of the animals and by the second time through the experiment when you saw the horse your brain had it all figured out. I don't know how to explain it. That's not what's supposed to happen according to what I know about perceptual set research. Maybe someone else has an explanation. Someone already suggested to me that I need a picture of a horse among the animal pictures. Maybe the experiment would have worked as expected if I did that. Guess I have to find myself a picture of a horse. Michael Michael Britt Host of The Psych Files www.thepsychfiles.com > I didn't read your description, but just clicked on the link. My > attempt at clicking on condition 1 didn't work at first, so I chose condition 2. > After seeing all of the animals, I couldn't see the horse. Then, I > went through condition 1 (no animals), and saw the horse and rider clearly! > How do you explain that? > > > Michael T. Scoles, Ph.D. > Associate Professor of Psychology & Counseling University of Central > Arkansas Conway, AR 72035 > 501-450-5418 > > > --- --- ---
