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Male and female groups were compared on mixed list chaining paradigms where B terms were concrete or abstract nouns and A-C terms were nonsense syllables. An analysis of the data showed no significant mediation differences for male Ss assigned to concrete as compared to male Ss assigned to abstract mediation treatment; nor for female Ss similarly compared. Insignificant mediation differences also were found when male and female Ss were compared, regardless of the type of mediator employed in the paradigm.
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Christiansen, T. Sex and level of mediator abstractness as variables in mediate association. Psychon Sci 14, 160 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03332765
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