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Performance on two color-word tests varying in the degree of conflict between word and color was studied in relation to drive level. Predictions based on H × D theory were not supported by the data. Limited evidence of a possible momentary drive factor was provided.
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Gamble, K.R. Color-word performance as a joint function of manifest anxiety and stimulus conflictfulness. Psychon Sci 11, 187–188 (1968). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03327648
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