Absence of Transfer in Unusual Uses Tests
- 1 February 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 18 (1) , 237-238
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1966.18.1.237
Abstract
To produce weight responses to the word “screw-driver” in an Unusual Uses Test, the test was preceded by a test asking for uses of an electric iron. For the two groups, a high school age group, and a college summer school group, no evidence of positive transfer appeared.Keywords
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