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In this experiment, subjects were shown a series of three-digit numbers. Following this stage, the subjects were shown some old items, some new items, a prototype based on frequently repeated digits, and a prototype based on the mean of the group. Subjects erroneously identified the frequency-related, but not the mean, prototype as an old item. Support was found for the attribute-frequency model of prototypes.
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Solso, R. L., & McCarthy, J. Prototype formation of faces. Manuscript submitted for publication, 1979.
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Solso, R.L., McCarthy, J.E. Prototype formation: Central tendency model vs. attribute-frequency model. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 17, 10–11 (1981). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333651
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