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Gul, Amara; Humphreys, Glyn W. – Psicologica: International Journal of Methodology and Experimental Psychology, 2015
Congruency effects were examined using a manual response version of the Stroop task in which the relationship between the colour word and its hue on incongruent trials was either kept constant or varied randomly across different pairings within the stimulus set. Congruency effects were increased in the condition where the incongruent hue-word…
Descriptors: Experiments, Psychological Testing, Perceptual Development, Perception Tests
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Munson, Benjamin; Edwards, Jan; Schellinger, Sarah K.; Beckman, Mary E.; Meyer, Marie K. – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2010
This article honours Adele Miccio's life work by reflecting on the utility of phonetic transcription. The first section reviews the literature on cases where children whose speech appears to neutralize a contrast in the adult language are found on closer examination to produce a contrast ("covert contrast"). This study presents evidence…
Descriptors: Phonetic Transcription, Measurement, Bias, Misconceptions
Carroll, John B. – 1975
Nine subjects, 5 of whom claimed absolute pitch (AP) ability were instructed to rapidly strike notes on the piano to match randomized tape-recorded piano notes. Stimulus set sizes were 64, 16, or 4 consecutive semitones, or 7 diatonic notes of a designated octave. A control task involved motor movements to notes announced in advance. Accuracy,…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Training, Error Patterns, Music Activities
Aliotti, Nicholas C. – Academic Therapy, 1980
Young children (153 normal preschool and primary graders, 19 cerebral palsied 5 to 15 year olds, and 16 learning disabled 7 to 12 year olds) were given a test of immediate visual memory which required selection of a geometric design from among six alternatives, including a mirror image and a rotation. (CL)
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Elementary Education, Error Patterns, Exceptional Child Research
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Halford, Graeme S. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1980
Four groups of children (N=80; C.A. 6.6. to 12.5; M.A. 7.9 to 14.7) were tested for ability to reproduce five-element two- and three-dimensional patterns. Significant interaction and main effects were found. Three-dimensional pattern performance increased with age; all ages performed well on two-dimensional patterns. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages
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Keogh, Barbara K.; Ryan, Stephana R. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Error Patterns, Measurement Instruments
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Chromiak, Walter; Weisberg, Robert W. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1981
Adults' ability to track a moving target was examined in two experiments in order to compare their performance with that of very young infants. Results indicated that (1) adults'"overshoot" errors resembled those reported for young infants; and (2) adults had problems tracking a moving target which unexpectedly changed direction. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Difficulty Level, Error Patterns
Dean, Anne L. – 1982
A program of research was conducted to study transitions from preoperational to concrete operational forms of spatial imagery (area 1), to compare results from spatial imagery studies based on open-ended measures (such as drawings) with results based on reaction time measures (area 2), and to study anticipatory imagery in the contexts of memory…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis
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Horner, David T.; Robinson, K. Desix – Teaching of Psychology, 1997
Discusses the size-weight illusion that occurs when a person lifts two equal-weight objects differing in size and perceives the larger object as lighter than the small object. Describes several inexpensive techniques for demonstrating the size-weight illusion and reviews some relevant issues concerning this phenomena. (MJP)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Psychology, Educational Experiments, Error Patterns
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Cavalier, Robert; Wesp, Richard – Teaching of Psychology, 1997
Maintains that having students estimate the size and width of a class waste paper can (placed on a desk) is a simple and effective way of illustrating perceptual distortion. Tests show that people will consistently overestimate the height of the can, allowing for a useful discussion on sensory distortion. (MJP)
Descriptors: Demonstrations (Educational), Educational Experiments, Error Patterns, Higher Education
Byrd, D.A.; Jacobs, D.M.; Hilton, H.J.; Stern, Y.; Manly, J.J. – Brain and Cognition, 2005
The current study explored possible sources of demographic effects through analyses of errors from modified formats of the Benton Visual Retention Test (BVRT) completed by African American elders. Results indicate that: (1) reading level was a stronger predictor of BVRT performance than years of education; (2) on the single-item matching format of…
Descriptors: African Americans, Older Adults, Perception Tests, Visual Perception
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Byo, James L. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1997
Examines graduate and undergraduate music majors' ability to detect pitch and rhythm errors in various settings of textually contrasting musical excerpts. Students listened to intentionally marred excerpts and attempted to identify the errors. Analysis of variance revealed that the predictor variables did not function independently of each other.…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception, Auditory Stimuli, Auditory Tests