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Peer reviewedKiger, John I.; Glass, Arnold L. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 1981
Three experiments examined what happens to reaction time to verify easy items when they are mixed with difficult items in a verification task. Subjects verification of simple arithmetic equations and sentences took longer when placed in a difficult list. Difficult sentences also slowed the verification of easy arithmetic equations. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Decision Making, Higher Education, Models
