AbstractsPsychology

Tachistoscopic Perception and Serial Order.

by Mark Philip. Bryden




Institution: McGill University
Department: Department of Psychology.
Degree: PhD
Year: 1961
Keywords: Psychology.;
Record ID: 1559850
Full text PDF: http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile113003.pdf


Abstract

Psychological theory and experimentation have generally been concerned with the relation between simple stimulus events and responses. Typically, however, a response to a stimulus is not an isolated bit of behavior, but one incident in a long series of responses. In behavior such as speech or piano playing, for example, the important factor is not the single response, but the response in its temporal relation to others. [...]