Table 1.

Questions about the hierarchy Embedded Image > Embedded Image > Embedded Image > Embedded Image > Embedded Image (A > B > C > D > E)

1. The following pair of shapes was presented together several times, but you were never told which shape was correct. Circle the shape you believe is correct (guess if necessary).
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2. The following pair of shapes was presented together several times, but you were never told which shape was correct. Circle the shape you believe is correct (guess if necessary).
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Participants were then asked to specify why they chose one shape over the other in questions 1 and 2.
3. The following pair of shapes was never presented together. Circle the shape you believe is correct (guess if necessary).
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4. The following pair of shapes was never presented together. Circle the shape you believe is correct (guess if necessary).
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5. The following pair of shapes was never presented together. Circle the shape you believe is correct (guess if necessary).
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6. The following pair of shapes was never presented together. Circle the shape you believe is correct (guess if necessary).
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Participants were then asked to specify why they chose one shape over the other in questions 3-6.
7. Based on your understanding of the relationships among these shapes, arrange the shapes appropriately on the blank lines. Use the numbers provided to stand for the shapes (guess if necessary).
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Participants were then asked to specify why they put the shapes in the order specified above.
The pairs indicated in questions 1-6 are BD, AE, AC, BE, AD, and CE, respectively. The left-right position of characters in questions 1-6 and the arrangement of characters in question 7 were counterbalanced.