the experimenter. Some possibilities might have been to
list expensive things, or enduring things, or socially
prestigeous things, or large things. Since these particular
possibilities probably co-vary to a considerable extent,
size seemed a reasonable and efficient post hoc
categorization. The categories were broadly defined and
coded as follows:
0 =
| =
2 =
3 =
4 =
No Mass:
Small:
Medium:
Large:
Too Large:
Cannot be categorized for size.
Can be carried in one hand.
Can be carried with two hands.
Needs more than 1 person or 1 trip.
Is not carried by people.
For example, 'health' was categorized as 0, 'razor' as 1,
'dog' as 2, 'sofa' as 3, and ‘'car' as 4. Using these broad
categories, exemplars of both owned and not owned things
were categorized for size by the experimenter.
Results
The data consisted of four types of information: 1)
subjects' recall listings, 2) subjects' judgements about
both the recall listings and the criteria of ownership, 3)
the experimenter's post hoc categorization of recall
exemplars, and 4) subjects' responses to follow-up guestions
concerning their recall strategies for things not owned.
Further, the recall was done under the two self-selected
recall conditions of experimenter-present and
experimenter-absent. The analysis of the data was done in