ASSOCIATIVE BEHAVIOR IN NORMAL AND SCHIZOPHRENIC CHILDREN. THE TRAINING OF ORIGINAL PROBLEM SOLV ING BEHAVIOR,
Abstract
Normal and schizophrenic children associated to high and low commonality stimulus word lists. Half the Ss within each group received repeated presentations of the first list with instructions to give a different association each time. For each presentation, scoring the associations from norms derived from one group reulted in that group showing a higher response commonality than the other. The groups did not differ signifi cantly in the uncommonness of their associations when combined norms were employed. Response com monality among the schizophrenics was primarily the result of their repetition of the stimulus word. It was concluded that these schizophrenic children did not manifest more original associ ations than normal children, and that their di vergent verbal behavior was a consequence of de ficient orienting responses rather than extreme levels of anxiety. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0413040
Entities
People
- And Marigold Belloni
- Irving Maltzman
- Samuel Cohen
Organizations
- University of California, Los Angeles