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A reaction-time experiment was carried out to examine the relationship between naming and categorization. Ss were shown one item at a time and asked either to name the item or to categorize the item as a letter or number. The size of the stimulus set was varied systematically across Ss. Naming time increased as the stimulus set size increased; categorization time could be predicted by the time required for naming, plus a constant. These results were interpreted as indicating that naming must precede categorization.
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This experiment was supported by NSF Grant GB-7848 at Lake Forest College and NSF GrantGB-17138. Dean Whitlock assisted in the collection and analysis of the data.
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Dick, A.O. Processing time for naming and categorization of letters and numbers. Perception & Psychophysics 9, 350–352 (1971). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03212664
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