Table 2.

Mean item selection as a function of point value across trials for each block in Experiment 1a and Experiment 1b where participants made concurrent strategy reports.

	Younger Adults		Older Adults
Value	Block 1	Block 2	Block 1	Block 2
Experiment 1a
2 points	2.20 (.22)	1.56 (.29)	3.40 (.46)	2.17 (.31)
4 points	2.20 (.27)	1.49 (.28)	3.47 (.49)	2.27 (.32)
6 points	2.34 (.29)	1.57 (.25)	3.66 (.51)	2.31 (.38)
8 points	3.63 (.43)	2.13 (.43)	3.66 (.49)	2.61 (.34)
10 points	4.44 (.51)	2.80 (.38)	4.54 (.62)	3.83 (.70)
12 points	4.80 (.44)	3.31 (.36)	4.76 (.41)	4.25 (.66)
Experiment 1b
2 points	2.68 (.30)	2.49 (.35)	3.51 (.36)	2.76 (.35)
4 points	2.62 (.26)	2.84 (.64)	3.48 (.34)	2.53 (.28)
6 points	2.86 (.26)	3.08 (.61)	3.59 (.36)	2.82 (.29)
8 points	3.23 (.29)	3.05 (.46)	3.66 (.34)	3.26 (.40)
10 points	3.42 (.43)	2.95 (.32)	3.80 (.33)	3.70 (.39)
12 points	3.70 (.40)	3.28 (.34)	4.06 (.29)	4.09 (.37)

Note. Standard errors of the means are in parenthesis.