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Vanderplas & Garvin (1959) found the mean association value of their random shapes to be only 38 per cent. Also, more Ss said “yes” than actually naming content. It was hypothesized that a more natural experimental procedure would lead to increased association value and increased content responses for the random shapes. Both hypotheses were supported beyond the.001 level.
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Eisenman, R. The association value of random shapes revisited. Psychon Sci 6, 397–398 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330955
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