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Feedback variables normally associated with the interview situation were controlled by having Ss write their responses as a function of high and low anxiety-arousing instructions and in 2- or 10-min periods. Productivity was found to be significantly inhibited for those groups operating under anxiety-arousing conditions, while vocabulary diversity was restricted during short response periods. A within-S analysis of type-token ratios revealed a significant and systematic increase in this variable over time in the absence of interpersonal feedback.
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Haney, J.N. The effects of anxiety and time upon productivity and vocabulary diversity in the absence of nonlexical feedback. Psychon Sci 18, 65–67 (1970). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335698
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