Using behavioral stimuli, a method for studying social concept attainment was developed which required S to articulate differences within dimensions as well as differentiate between dimensions. While no over-all performance differences on this task were found as a function of cognitive complexity, the high-complexity judges tended to identify non-exemplars more accurately than low-complexity judges. No relation between performance on the physical concept attainment task and performance on the social concept attainment task was found.
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