| Group | Instruction directed to target face | Instruction directed to context face | Approach equivalent | Phase of definition |
| 1 | Look at the face in the red rectangle and try to remember it for a memory test | No instruction | Memory | Encoding* |
| 2 | Look at the face in the red rectangle and try to remember it for a memory test | Look at the face in the black rectangle and try to remember it for a memory test | Memory | Retrieval** |
| 3 | Look at the face in the red rectangle and try to decide whether you like it or not | No instruction | Attention | Encoding |
| 4 | Look at the face in the red rectangle and decide whether you like it or not | Look at the face in the black rectangle and decide whether you like it or not | Attention | Retrieval |