This experiment was concerned with the possible influence of color coding upon anchor potency in a criterion task (judgment of the size of squares) and in a residual task (judgment of lifted weights) which preceded it. Color coding had no effect on the potency of the size anchors but produced a slight diminution in the effectiveness of the heaviness anchors. An interesting—and unexpected—result was an upward shift in size judgments following the judgment of the weights.
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