Journal of Experimental Psychology, Volumen10

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American Psychological Association., 1927

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Página 246 - ... Here's a key. I want you to put it on that chair over there; then I want you to shut (or open) that door, and then bring me the box which you see over there . . . .
Página 277 - If you throw a handful of marbles on the floor, you will find it difficult to view at once more than six, or seven at most, without confusion; but if you group them into twos, or threes, or fives, you can comprehend as many groups as you can units; because the mind considers these groups only as units,—it views them as wholes, and throws their parts out of consideration.
Página 30 - Since the rate of forgetting is very rapid at first and more gradual later on, it probably would be highly advantageous to have relearning of a given material come very frequently at first and more rarely later on.
Página 277 - allowed to have a distinct notion of six objects at once; by Abraham Tucker the number is limited to four; while Destutt-Tracy again amplifies it to six.
Página 71 - We may call such a situation one in which there is a correlation between errors, meaning that whatever elements of uncertainty or chance operated in the solution of the first question, they would tend to operate in the same manner in the solution of the second
Página 425 - mutual interference of the five names, all of which, from immediately preceding use, are on the 'tip of the tongue,' all equally ready and, therefore, likely to get
Página 28 - fabricated, are better explained by two corollaries of the general laws of learning. The first is that, other things being equal, the stronger a connection is, the oftener, and so the earlier, it will show itself. Being first does not make a connection stronger, but being strong makes a connection likely to be first. Let
Página 289 - The use of the illumination scale for the detection of small errors in refraction and in their correction,
Página 366 - and so a more exact comparison than can be made where memory has to be relied on for one sensation. We can see the target while we hit at it; we can hear the pitch while we attempt to strike it. But we cannot feel a certain length or direction of movement while we attempt to reproduce it
Página 177 - the shape of the field bounded by points of equal distinctness varies in different individuals from a 'square-oval,' about twice as long horizontally as wide vertically, to a circle.

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