Possibly, when the participants' task is to categorise items, prototype abstraction/application can occur within the test phase.
Categorising items is known to generate adaptive benefits such as the ability to learn information more quickly and to show greater efficiency during decision-making (Merritt et al., 2010), but McClelland (1995) argues that whilst such categorisation "is central to our ability to act intelligently" it however "gives rise to distortion as an inherent by-product" (p. 84).
Figure 1 provides a comparative illustration of the specific items of SIMS information that intervention and control participants felt they lacked and these were categorised into items related to 'action and usage' or 'potential problems of travoprost' [ 18].
We categorised the items in both tools under the four major domains of EBM.
It evaluates perceived quality of life using 26 items categorised into Physical domain (7 items), Psychological domain (6 items), Social Relations domain (3 items), and Environment domain (8 items).
Once all materials were identified, the group discussed the materials they had found, categorised each item into its appropriate format (books/ e-books, internet sites, magazines, leaflets, CD's/tapes), and began to develop criteria to determine the quality of the items.
Items in the questionnaire were categorised as two behaviour items, one willingness item, eight attitude items and six knowledge items (box 1).
> -wrap-foot> aGHQ-12: UK General Health Questionnaire with 12 items; each item categorised on a four-point scale later collapsed to a positive/negative binary result.
How would you categorise the items in your wardrobe?
By contrast, in the un-exposed Control groups, only the participants explicitly asked to categorise the items showed this early visual differentiation of members and non-members – the un-exposed Control Recognition group did not.
