Interference and adaptability : an experimental study of their relation with special reference to individual differences / by Arthur Jerome Culler.

  • Culler, Arthur J. (Arthur Jerome), 1883-1946.
Date:
1912
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    the time required for the perception and pronunciation of the words. This average measure of the perception and pronunciation time was taken from the average records of the subjects for the test proper. This is»perhaps as fair a measure of the individual’s ability in these subjects as can be obtained, for it reduces the time to the “psycho- logical limit” if there is such a thing. The results obtained on the chronoscope experiments were then correlated with these various tests along association lines. The chronoscope experiments were conducted by Margaret Hart Strong, of the department of psychology of Barnard College, under the direction of Dr. Hollingworth. (d) Second Group of the Discrimination Reaction Experiments This series is similar to the first group except that the reaction times for both red and blue were recorded and that only sixty records of each were obtained before the color associations were changed. After the change thirty reactions with each hand were taken.^ Before the change the right hand reacted to “red” and the left to blue : after the change the reactions were reversed. The group was com- posed of twelve men and seven women, all of them subjects m t le typewriting experiments. The data were secured for the purposes of correlation with the results of the typewriting experiments. (e) Character Judgments This is the only part ot the investigation which is not of an experimental natnre, and which deals with the more S®«al “d intellectual qualities. Determination of character by the methoc of average judgments is most fully discussed by Professor t worthy.5 This is the method here used. An attempt was made to secure following qualities or traits of character: mental balance, intellect emotions will, quickness, originality, individuality, in ep » and persistency of habits. Only three of these qualities are discusse with reference to our problem, vis., independence, originality a individuality. Sheets were prepared giving the names of the subjects in a horizontal column at the top and a vertical column giving! tlc qualities in which they were to be rated. These sheets were sent to twelve men who were well acquainted with all the subjects to be rated. Judgments were secured upon the eight men of the preliminary type- . Naomi Norswortby, Judgments of Character, ” Volume to William Jam*., 551, 1908.