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Conflicting commands versus decision time: A cross‐level experiment
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This experiment tested James Grier Miller's hypothesis that decision time will vary as a function of the degree of difference in a command array, and the results tended to support the hypothesis at both the organism and group level.Abstract:
This paper describes a cross-level experiment at the levels of the individual person and group. Using a microcomputer to interact with subjects, this experiment tested James Grier Miller's hypothesis that decision time will vary as a function of the degree of difference in a command array. The results tended to support the hypothesis at both the organism and group level.read more
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