Table 1
Preference scores as a function of priming condition and type of solution, Experiment 1.
| TASK AND PRIMING CONDITION | N | TIME | SHIFT-SCORES | MIRROR-SCORES | DISTRACTOR-SCORES | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEAN | SD | MEAN | SD | MEAN | SD | |||
| 1st ambiguous analogy | ||||||||
| no-priming | 33 | 82 | 12.2 | 23.9 | 80.9 | 29.5 | 6.9 | 15.1 |
| mirror priming | 31 | 86 | 12.1 | 24.8 | 79.1 | 33.3 | 8.8 | 19.6 |
| shift priming | 29 | 97.6 | 29.7 | 37.1 | 64.5 | 39.7 | 5.8 | 16.7 |
| 2nd ambiguous analogy | ||||||||
| no-priming | 33 | 94.6 | 29.3 | 38.1 | 64.2 | 37.7 | 6.6 | 14.2 |
| mirror priming | 31 | 79.2 | 25 | 39,8 | 67.9 | 41.3 | 7.1 | 17.4 |
| shift priming | 29 | 84.7 | 52.9 | 35.7 | 40.9 | 37.2 | 6.2 | 16.1 |
Table 2
Preference scores as a function of priming condition and type of solution, Experiment 2.
| PRIMING CONDITION | N | TIME | SHIFT-SCORES | MIRROR-SCORES | DISTRACTOR-SCORES | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEAN | SD | MEAN | SD | MEAN | SD | |||
| no-priming | 55 | 66.7 | 27 | 35.9 | 69.5 | 36 | 3.5 | 10.9 |
| mirror priming | 85 | 69.2 | 28.4 | 30 | 68.5 | 30.1 | 3.1 | 8.9 |
| shift priming | 79 | 66.1 | 53.7 | 35.5 | 44.1 | 35.7 | 2.2 | 7.3 |
Table 3
Preference scores as a function of priming condition and type of solution, Experiment 3.
| TASK AND PRIMING CONDITION | N | TIME | SHIFT-SCORES | MIRROR-SCORES | DISTRACTOR SCORES | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEAN | SD | MEAN | SD | MEAN | SD | |||
| Ambiguous analogy task | ||||||||
| control | 87 | 72.1 | 40.59 | 41.73 | 82.64 | 30.95 | 1.22 | 1.36 |
| mirror | 85 | 87 | 45.13 | 40.72 | 80.73 | 31.5 | 117 | 1.02 |
| shift | 85 | 76.6 | 58.09 | 44.01 | 62.61 | 43.4 | 1.29 | 2.11 |
| Ambiguous analogy task (unaware participants only) | ||||||||
| control | 77 | 73 | 40.99 | 41,47 | 83.58 | 29.81 | 1.13 | 1.03 |
| mirror | 61 | 89.8 | 51.49 | 40,19 | 80.02 | 30.54 | 1.21 | 1.2 |
| shift | 58 | 76.2 | 62.71 | 43,03 | 62.07 | 42.42 | 1.36 | 2.5 |
| Hinted-transfer task | ||||||||
| control | 87 | 56.1 | 44.7 | 43.4 | 67.3 | 39.9 | 10.4 | 24.8 |
| mirror | 85 | 54.2 | 28.7 | 40.2 | 77.8 | 38.9 | 5.3 | 17.3 |
| shift | 85 | 54.7 | 76.7 | 41.3 | 31.6 | 43 | 4.47 | 15.8 |