Effect of Personal Treatment of Navy Subjects on a Hearing Discrimination Task

Abstract

Two groups of Navy enlisted men, 20 in each group, performed on a speech reception task at low intensity levels. The Ss of one group were handled circumspectly, appraised of their progress and run during duty time. The Ss of another group were treated in a formal manner, were not informed of progress and were run during free time with the possibility of missing a meal. The difference between the groups' mean scores was not significant at the .05 level. Debriefing interviews suggest that the results may reflect an adaptation to degrees of impersonal treatment occasionally present in military personnel interaction.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 14, 1972
Accession Number
AD0750651

Entities

People

  • C. K. Myers
  • Robert O. Brown

Organizations

  • Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Ambiguity
  • Biomedical Research
  • Calibration
  • Classification
  • Debriefing
  • Discrimination
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Intensity
  • Military Personnel
  • Motivation
  • Navy
  • Security
  • Speech
  • Students
  • Submarines
  • Tape Recording

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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  • Gender and Food Studies
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Regression Analysis.