# LATEST VERSION OF COIN TEST

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CHUCK TUCKER 920925C - CSG-COIN

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INSTRUCTIONS FOR OBSERVING AND RECORDING "THE COIN TEST"

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. Have a person, P, arrange four "coins" (DON'T USE ACTUAL  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;MONEY BUT RATHER USE EITHER CIRCULAR PAPER DISKS EACH THE SIZE OF  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A QUARTER OR SAME COLOR POKER CHIPS), on a table, making a  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;specified pattern which P writes down in advance but does not  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;show you. You might do this by asking a classmate or friend to  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;help you with a class project which will take about twenty  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;minutes and can be done without going to any other place [this  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;assumes you have 4 "coins", a writing instrument and some paper  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;with you and a table top, flat board or desk]. If s/he agrees  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;then say something like this: "I will give you four [NAME OBJECTS  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;YOU ARE USING] and a piece of paper. What I want you to do is to  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;think of a pattern in which you can arrange these (name of  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;objects) on the flat surface of this table (board) (desk) but  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;first I want you to draw and name that pattern on this paper but  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DO NOT SHOW IT TO ME. Next, arrange the (name of objects) in the  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;pattern that you have on your sheet of paper. Then, without  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;having any more conversation between us (except for the  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;announcement "No change in pattern" when my moving of the  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(object)(s) does not change the pattern) until I say "Game is  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;over," I will change the pattern and you are to put the coins  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;back in the pattern after each time I change it. Do you  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;understand this game?" IF NOT - repeat the instructions as  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;written above again and clarify where necessary.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. Your task is to discover what P has in mind without  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;asking any questions or using any verbal communication at all.  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Your discovery procedure is to change or disturb the pattern  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;among the objects by moving the objects around in some ways and  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;noting what you have done to change the coins. So before you  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;make a change, draw and name the pattern of the objects on a  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;piece of paper without showing it to P and then after you make  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the change draw and name the pattern that you made with the  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;changes.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a. If your change alters the pattern P has specified, P must  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;correct the error by re-arranging the objects to re-make the  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;original pattern.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b. If your disturbance does not alter the pattern that P has  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;specified, P must announce "No change in pattern."

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. Repeat this process until you are certain that you can:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a. specify and demonstrate three disturbances that will call  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;for P to re-arrange the objects and correct the pattern; this  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;you should be able to discern from what you have drawn on  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;your pad. [YOU WILL HAVE TO CHANGE THE OBJECTS MANY TIMES TO  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;OBSERVE THREE DISTURBANCES AND THREE "NO CHANGE IN PATTERN"  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INSTANCES]

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b. specify and demonstrate three disturbances that resulted  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;in P announcing "No change in pattern"; this you should be  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;able to discern from what you have drawn on your pad.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. Compare your drawings with P's drawing of the pattern and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a. report the extent of agreement, including whether you  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;identified the pattern but named it something other than what  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;P named the pattern.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b. report at least one example of failing to see the pattern  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to which P returned the objects following a change that you  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;introduced.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5. Your report is due {see syllabus}. It should be typed (no  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;more than 3 pages, double spaced) and include (use the list below  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;as outline):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a. your report of agreement between you and P (4a)

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b. your answer to 4b

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;c. a brief statement on what you learned from "The 'Coin'  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Test."

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;d. a copy of P's written specification of the pattern

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;e. your drawings of three change (3a) and no change (3b)  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;patterns