Table 2.
Average percentages for various measures in Experiments 1, 2, and 4, by property type and cognitive load (standard deviations in parentheses below)
| Generalizable Properties |
Idiosyncratic Properties |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measure | Exp. 1 (CL) |
Exp. 1 (NL) |
Exp. 2 (“all”) |
Exp. 4 (“many”) |
Exp. 1 (CL) |
Exp. 1 (NL) |
Exp. 2 (“all”) |
Exp. 4 (“many”) |
|
Generalization-bias score (quantified-to-generic minus generic-to-quantified conversions) |
25.6 (62.6) |
22.8 (61.6) |
34.5 (60.1) |
57.4 (42.6) |
18.5 (60.7) |
13.7 (63.6) |
25.3 (59.0) |
50.0 (41.9) |
|
Quantified-to-generic conversions (originally presented “all”/“many” statements recalled as generic) |
47.8 (40.9) |
48.1 (37.1) |
56.8 (37.3) |
63.5 (35.8) |
39.8 (37.9) |
43.3 (34.2) |
47.6 (36.9) |
57.1 (35.8) |
|
Quantified – correct (originally presented “all” or “many” statements recalled as “all” or “many,” respectively) |
27.8 (33.8) |
41.4 (37.1) |
29.8 (34.8) |
14.7 (23.4) |
28.4 (33.7) |
44.6 (37.0) |
37.8 (35.5) |
16.4 (22.4) |
|
Quantified – other (originally presented “all”/”many” statements recalled as neither “all”/“many” nor generic) |
24.4 (31.6) |
10.5 (24.3) |
13.4 (28.9) |
21.8 (31.4) |
31.8 (35.1) |
12.1 (23.2) |
14.6 (26.9) |
26.5 (35.5) |
|
Generic-to-quantified conversions (originally presented generic statements recalled as “all”/“many”) |
22.2 (29.6) |
25.3 (32.0) |
22.3 (31.3) |
6.1 (15.9) |
21.3 (30.9) |
29.6 (35.9) |
22.3 (30.3) |
7.1 (16.3) |
|
Generic – correct (originally presented generic statements recalled as generic) |
50.3 (38.8) |
64.5 (35.4) |
64.6 (35.8) |
71.8 (33.3) |
45.7 (39.7) |
58.3 (36.9) |
61.9 (34.4) |
68.1 (33.8) |
|
Generic – other (originally presented generic statements recalled as neither generic nor “all”/“many”) |
27.5 (33.7) |
10.2 (23.1) |
13.1 (27.0) |
22.1 (30.1) |
33.0 (34.4) |
12.1 (25.7) |
15.8 (29.8) |
24.8 (34.0) |
Note. CL = Cognitive Load. NL = No Load. The three quantified rows add up to 100% (within each column), as do the three generic rows.