Study based on M.A. Thesis submitted to Memphis State University (Meador, 1967).

Based on PhD dissertation submitted to the University of California, Los Angeles.

A prevalent theory about the cognitive aspect of humor is that most humorous stimuli are characterized by incongruity that is first perceived and then resolved. However, the combination of incongruity and resolution is not sufficient for constituting a joke--resolution should be inadequate as well. In other words, resolution is brought about by…

This study investigates a negative component (N220) of visual evoked potential (VEP) which increases as certain cognitive processes are activated. Nine experimental conditions were designed by combining three stimulus and three task conditions. Letters were used as verbal stimuli, matrix patterns were used as nonverbal stimuli, and white light was…

A study involving three profoundly retarded adults was designed to investigate the efficacy of a stair step diagonal training progression in promoting correct responses to untrained action-object verbal instructions. Procedures included pretraining assessment of action verbs and nouns, matrix training in which each S was physically put through the…

Evidence that hemispheric asymmetry is present at birth comes from several sources: physical structure of the brain, hand preference, and responses to visual and auditory stimuli. In infancy, a hemisphere is activated only when exposed to an appropriate stimulus. Different stimuli seem to activate one hemisphere only, or at least one hemisphere…

THE HYPOTHESIS TESTED WAS THAT WHEN PICTURES AND WORDS ARE PRESENTED TOGETHER, THE PICTURES MAY MISCUE AND DIVERT ATTENTION, AND THEREBY INTERFERE WITH THE ACQUISITION OF READING RESPONSES. IN EXPERIMENT 1, 30 RANDOMLY ASSIGNED PRE-FIRST GRADERS LEARNED TO READ FOUR WORDS WITH NO PICTURES, A SIMPLE PICTURE, OR A COMPLEX PICTURE PRESENT. DURING…

THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF A PSYCHOLINGUISTIC STUDY BEGUN IN 1966 INVOLVING WORD ASSOCIATION NORMS. THE FIRST EXPERIMENT ANALYZED IN TERMS OF FREQUENCY TABLES VERB AND OBJECT RESPONSES TO SUBJECT-NOUNS IN A DECLARATIVE SENTENCE FRAME, WITH THE LIMITATION THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE WHICH OBJECTS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH WHICH VERBS. THIS SECOND…

A CONTINUATION OF A STUDY OF PUPILS' ABILITY TO FORMULATE AND STATE A LITERAL MAIN IDEA IN THE READING OF SHORT, SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED PARAGRAPHS IS REPORTED. ONE OF THE MAJOR TASKS WAS TO DEVELOP A DESCRIPTIVE PROFILE OF THE MAIN IDEA RESPONSES FOR A GROUP OF 400 SECOND- AND FIFTH-GRADE PUPILS. A 12-POINT SCALE WAS USED FOR THE NUMERICAL ORDERING…