Rankings of goodness of pattern for 11 visual patterns were obtained from 112 schizophrenic Ss and 50 nonpsychoric Ss. Rankings obtained from the schizophrenic group showed significantly greater variability than rankings from the nonpsychotic group. The direction of changes was not predictable on the basis of severity of psychosis.
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