Values closer to 1 indicate a good fit between the observed response pattern and the expected examinee response patterns generated from the hierarchy.

Spirituals are prominent, and often use a call and response pattern.

However, when both the temporal and spatial separation between the dots varied, they failed to observe the response pattern that the constant velocity hypothesis predicts.

Deviation from this response pattern signifies either abnormal heart function or abnormal autonomic nervous control of the heart.

Moreover, attempts were made to combine words of relatively equal response strength in order to reduce the effects of social desirability in response patterns.