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. 2014 Oct 29;8:827. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00827

Table 4.

Correlations between the pretest and posttest measures on the Alternative Uses test (AUT), combined Alternative Uses/Ordinary Characteristics task (AU/OC task), and rule-switch task (RS).

Pretest Posttest
AU/OC AUT Rule-Switch AU/OC AUT Rule-Switch
AU orig AU flu OC flu orig flu flex acc rt AU orig AU flu OC flu orig flu flex acc rt
PRETEST TASKS
Combined AU/OC
AU originality 1
AU fluency 0.09 1
OC fluency 0.36** 0.49** 1
Alternative uses
Originality 0.11 0.17 0.06 1
Fluency 0.19* 0.21* 0.21* 0.05 1
Flexibility 0.27** 0.19* 0.28** 0.13 0.72** 1
Rule-switch
Accuracy −0.20* 0.01 −0.05 0.18 −0.05 −0.05 1
Reaction time −0.05 −0.16 −0.11 −0.14 −0.13 −0.13 −0.04 1
POSTTEST TASKS
Combined AU/OC
AU originality 0.23* −0.07 0.11 0.08 0.10 0.10 −0.03 −0.03 1
AU fluency −0.02 0.53** 0.27** 0.03 0.25** 0.20* −0.03 −0.05 −0.04 1
OC fluency −0.08 0.35** 0.54** 0.09 0.27** 0.27** 0.02 −0.05 0.09 0.42** 1
Alternative uses
Originality 0.00 0.03 −0.01 0.14 0.09 0.10 0.01 −0.10 0.18 0.15 0.07 1
Fluency −0.05 0.39** 0.11 0.11 0.21* 0.14 −0.08 −0.03 −0.04 0.61** 0.30** 0.16 1
Flexibility 0.01 0.39** 0.14 0.15 0.21* 0.25** −0.08 −0.03 −0.02 0.58** 0.30** 0.03 0.79** 1
Rule-switch
Accuracy 0.15 −0.22* 0.04 −0.29** −0.07 −0.04 −0.03 0.18 0.22* −0.03 −0.04 0.01 −0.12 −0.15 1
Reaction time 0.02 −0.04 −0.09 −0.17 −0.11 −0.21* 0.07 0.41** −0.11 −0.09 −0.16 −0.15 0.06 0.03 −0.11 1

Orig, originality; flu, fluency; flex, flexibility; acc, accuracy; rt, reaction time.

*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.01.