Sentence Evaluation and Response Strategies in Repeated Verification Tasks
John G. E. Harpur, Joy V. Decker · Perceptual and Motor Skills · 1991
Our previous studies of problem-solving strategies in verification tasks showed different response times for different problem types. This experiment studied the effects of manipulating sentence and picture information on response strategies of 20 upper-division college students. Spatial positioning of figures affected over-all decision times, and practice improved performance for negatively phrased descriptions.