Fleck and Mitroff thought that missing low-prevalence items in visual search might be due to overly fast response, and tested this by presenting visual displays with line drawings of various objects for visual search
They allowed participants to make an additional response (i.e., a correction) if they felt that their just-made
response had been in error. Under these conditions:
a) the effect of low-prevalence was greatly exaggerated.
b) the effect of low-prevalence was greatly reduced.
c) nothing changed – low prevalence targets were missed just as much as before.
d) the effects of low-prevalence were greater than in Wolfe et al., which featured actual bag-screening displays.
Answer: b
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A) way of exerting normative influence on the team. B) social norm. C) social role. D) way of exerting informational influence on the team. E) gender role.
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a. broad themes; numerical data b. characteristics of responses; measures c. check list; verbal responses d. content analysis; statistical analysis