Abstract
40 COLLEGE STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN A TACHISTOSCOPIC PERCEPTUAL RECOGNITION TASK. A FORCED-CHOICE PROCEDURE WAS USED WHICH MINIMIZED THE EFFECT OF RESPONSE BIASES UPON PERCEPTUAL ACCURACY. AFFECTIVE CONNOTATIONS OF THE STIMULI (RANDOM FORMS) WERE ESTABLISHED THROUGH SUCCESS-FAILURE MANIPULATIONS. ALL SS WERE GIVEN A PERSONALITY-TEST BATTERY IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY REPRESSORS AND SENSITIZERS. ALTHOUGH SPECIFIC HYPOTHESES WERE NOT CONFIRMED, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT WAS OBTAINED FOR THE MORE GENERAL HYPOTHESIS THAT THE AFFECT OF A STIMULUS INFLUENCES ITS PERCEPTIBILITY. A PERCEPTUAL SENSITIZATION EFFECT WAS MANIFEST FOR THE 1ST 1/3 OF THE EXPERIMENT. THE PERSONALITY SCALES FAILED, HOWEVER, TO PREDICT INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES WITH RESPECT TO THIS EFFECT. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 408-412 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 4 PART 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 1967 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- PERCEPTUAL DEFENSE, TACHISTOSCOPIC PERCEPTUAL RECOGNITION TASK
- REPRESSION-SENSITIZATION SCALE &
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Psychology
- Sociology and Political Science