Well I picked a red screwdriver, so there! But that aside, I had seen a similar discussion where yellow was considered to be the most common color to be picked. I just make take Paul up on his research design below and toss it to some of my students Unfortunately, I deleted the original post. Can someone send it to me backchannel?
Finally, did it have a reference of any sort? Annette Quoting Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Being yet another of that reported 2% (orange hammer, in my case), I'm a bit > disinclined to explain a phenomenon that so far doesn't seem to exist. > > However, I can imagine a mechanism by which the math would make a difference. > "Red" and "hammer" seem fairly prototypical of their respective categories, > right? What causes a person to mention a NON-prototypical member of a > category when asked to mention a member of a category? Is it possible that a > heavy mental load (the calculating) heads off some other process that might > otherwise "kick in" when we decide to show off our uniqueness by coming up > with some non-prototypical example? > > > Without the math, ask a group of people to name a color. Then ask them to > name a tool. Red > > and hammer are probably most likely (although not 98%, with or without the > math). > > Have a large group do it with the math. Have another large group do it > without the math. Have another large group do it with some other fairly heavy > but non-mathematical task (perhaps "count the letters 't' in this sentence"). > I imagine there'd be slightly different frequencies of "red hammer" across > the groups. I would also look at the frequencies of oddball responses: things > like "purple t-square", for example. I'd predict a lot more of those in the > no-task group, and an effect that was less subtle than the "red hammer" > effect (because that might not be the clear prototypes for everyone). > > Paul Smith > Alverno College > Milwaukee > > Michael T. Scoles, Ph.D. > Interim Chair, Dept. Psychology & Counseling > University of Central Arkansas > Conway, AR 72035 > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/08/05 4:23 PM >>> > Note: forwarded message attached. > Hi: Any Tipster know what makes this one work? > Gerry Palmer > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > All your favorites on one personal page * Try My Yahoo! > http://my.yahoo.com > > --- > 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] > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Department of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
