Control Group: "tab", "lemon", and "cinerama"
Test Group: "whirl", "slapstick", and "cinerama"
Their claim is how many people in each group get "American" on the third one is primed by how solvable the two before it are.
It's actually demonstrating the opposite of what OP intended. I think we were supposed to take away "they weren't given the same chance!" The study is saying that for the third word, both groups had an equal chance at solving it but one group gave up because of prior setbacks. Millennials fail a couple of times and then give up on everything?
For those who were curious.
Their claim is how many people in each group get "American" on the third one is primed by how solvable the two before it are.
It's actually demonstrating the opposite of what OP intended. I think we were supposed to take away "they weren't given the same chance!" The study is saying that for the third word, both groups had an equal chance at solving it but one group gave up because of prior setbacks. Millennials fail a couple of times and then give up on everything?
"If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it."
Groucho Marx