Evolution of Psychological Frames of Reference.
Abstract
The framework for much of the research has been the theory of adaptation level. In the area of perception, this research has shown the importance of context in metacontrast suppression, binocular rivalry, lightness scaling, size judgment, lightness judgment, Gestalt organization, and multidimensional stimulus classification. Some effort was made to extend the analysis of context effects to memory. In general, this involved the analysis of relations among the stimuli used in learning and memory tasks. Thematic relevance of stimuli was studied in free recall and paired-associates learning. Other studies investigated memory as a function of the abstractness and variability of stimuli. Finally, some experiments on visual search were conducted to determine the conditions under which the elements in visual displays were processed serially or in parallel. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1972
- Accession Number
- AD0736382
Entities
People
- Howard E. Egeth
- William Bevan
Organizations
- Johns Hopkins University