Figure 1
Participants in the whole condition (left) saw devices as whole objects in their typical form, while those in the parts condition (right) saw devices with their parts exposed.
Figure 2
Participants in the whole condition rated their understanding of devices as higher than those in the parts condition.
Figure 3
Participants rated their understanding as higher in the whole condition for every device except the spray bottle, which showed virtually no difference between conditions. Devices are sorted by mean difference between the two conditions (largest to smallest). An alternative visualization plotting the raw scores for both conditions is available in the supplementary material.
Figure 4
Participants in the mechanistic condition rated their understanding of devices as lower than those in the functional and control conditions.
Figure 5
Participants rated their understanding as lowest in the mechanistic condition for 35 of 41 devices. Devices are sorted by mean difference between the functional and mechanistic conditions (smallest to largest). Bar colors alternate solely to aid in visual comparison between conditions. An alternative visualization plotting the raw scores in each condition is available in the supplementary material.