The influence of task instructions on action coding [Elektronische Ressource] : response instruction and response coding / Dorit Wenke

Dorit Wenke

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• Psychologie

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• Publié par: humboldt-universitat_zu_berlin
• Publié le: 01 janvier 2003
• Nombre de lectures: 23
• Langue: English
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Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät II der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
DISSERTATION
The Influence of Task Instructions on
Action Coding:
Response Instruction and Response Coding
Zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades
doctor rerum naturalium
(Dr. rer. nat.)
im Fach Psychologie
eingereicht an der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät II der Humboldt Uni-
versität zu Berlin
Dipl. Psych. Dorit Wenke, geboren am 22.3.1968 in Oldenburg
Dekan der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät II: Prof. Dr. Elmar Kulke
Gutachter: 1. Prof. Dr. Peter A. Frensch
2. Prof. Dr. Bernhard Hommel
3. PD Dr. Iring Koch
Datum der Promotion: 12.12.2003

Acknowledgements
I want to express my gratitude towards the persons and institutions who supported the
genesis of this thesis.
Special thanks go to my supervisor Peter Frensch for all the helpful discussions, sugges-
tions, revisions, and pep talks, the support regarding all kinds of strategic and organizational
matters, as well as his patience and trust during the last years.
I also want to thank my colleagues and friends from the department for helpful data dis-
cussions, experimental ideas, and motivational support when the going got tough. In this re-
gard, I am particularly grateful to Dieter Nattkemper, Birgit Stürmer, and Michael Ziessler
who shaped my thinking about coding issues, and who provided helpful comments on earlier
versions of this thesis.
I also want to express my gratitude towards Ina-Kristin Saure and Annekathrin Schacht
for their help in programming the experiments and in collecting and coding of data.
Thanks to Ina-Kristin Saure, Michaela Schneider, Rico Fischer, and Klaus Fenchel for
proof-reading (parts of) this thesis under high time pressure.
Furthermore I would like to express my gratitude towards the members of this commit-
tee, especially Bernhard Hommel, Iring Koch, and Werner Sommer for their willingness to
invest their time.
Finally, I want to mention that part of this thesis was sponsored by the “Berliner Nach-
wuchsförderung” (NaFöG) of the state of Berlin, without which this thesis would not have
been possible.
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Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations............................................................................................................... vi
Abstract ...................................................................................................................................vii
Zusammenfassung................................................................................................................... ix
1 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 1
2 Instructions and Response Coding: Theoretical Positions .................................... 7
2.1 Task Representations and the Control of Action ........................................................ 7
2.2 Response Coding.......................................................................................................11
3 Empirical Evidence for and against Direct Coding ............................................. 18
3.1 Response Instructions and Stimulus-Response Compatibility.................................. 19
3.1.1 Right-Left Prevalence in Two-Dimensional Stimulus-Response Mappings ............ 19
3.1.2 Stimulus-Hand Correspondence and the Simon Effect 25
3.1.3 Anticipated Action Effects........................................................................................29
3.1.4 Non-Spatial Response Instructions...........................................................................33
The Manual Stroop Task ........................................................................................... 34
The Hedge and Marsh Task ...................................................................................... 38
Response Instructions and Spatial vs. Non-Spatial Irrelevant Stimulus Effects....... 44
3.1.5 Summary................................................................................................................... 48
3.2 Response Instructions and Cross-Task Compatibility .............................................. 52
3.3 Summary and Aims of Study .................................................................................... 57
4 Dual Task Experiments .......................................................................................... 63
4.1 Experiment 1.............................................................................................................64
4.1.1 Method...................................................................................................................... 65
Participants ............................................................................................................... 65
Apparatus and Stimuli............................................................................................... 65
Design and Procedure 66
4.1.2 Results....................................................................................................................... 67
Data Analysis ............................................................................................................ 67
Main Results.............................................................................................................. 69
Additional Analyses................................................................................................... 70
Practice ..................................................................................................................... 73
4.1.3 Discussion................................................................................................................. 74
4.2 Experiment 2.............................................................................................................76
4.2.1 Method...................................................................................................................... 77
Participants 77
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Apparatus and Stimuli............................................................................................... 77
Design and Procedure 77
4.2.2 Results....................................................................................................................... 78
Data Analysis ............................................................................................................ 78
Main Results.............................................................................................................. 79
Additional Analyses................................................................................................... 80
Practice ..................................................................................................................... 82
4.2.3 Discussion................................................................................................................. 84
4.3 Experiment 3.............................................................................................................85
4.3.1 Method...................................................................................................................... 86
Participants 86
Apparatus and Stimuli............................................................................................... 86
Design and Procedure 86
4.3.2 Results....................................................................................................................... 86
Data Analysis ............................................................................................................ 86
Main Results.............................................................................................................. 87
Comparisons between Experiments .......................................................................... 89
Additional Analyses................................................................................................... 90
Practice ..................................................................................................................... 93
4.3.3 Discussion................................................................................................................. 95
4.4 General Discussion Experiments 1-3 ........................................................................ 96
5 One-trial-Simon Experiments .............................................................................. 104
5.1 Experiment 4...........................................................................................................106
5.1.1 Method.................................................................................................................... 107
Participants ............................................................................................................. 107
Stimulus Material and Counterbalancing............................................................... 107
Apparatus and Procedure ....................................................................................... 109
5.1.2 Results..................................................................................................................... 111
Data Analysis .......................................................................................................... 111