SELECTIVE PERCEPTION

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black four of hearts was a "greyish" four of spades, or that a red six of clubs was "the six of clubs illuminated by red light" (remember, experi­ mental subjects were shown the cards on a tachistoscope). Half of Bruner and Postman's subjects showed compromise responses to red cards, and 11 percent showed compromise responses to blackcards.

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