Absolute Judgment of a Restricted Distribution of Context Stimuli

Similarity in stimulus material and stimulus task on the formation of a new scale of judgment.

“…The effect of nonrelevant aspects in the judgmental situation has been studied most recently by Rambo (1962) who presented his 5s with black dots on white cards where both dot size and card size varied in different relationships, i.e., random, positively related, negatively related, etc. He found that incidental exposure of stimuli acted as anchors for the intentional judgments made later to a restricted distribution of the same stimuli.…”

Stimulus spacing and successive interval scale values.

“…There is need for additional research concerning the effects of distribution variables upon successive interval scale values and discriminal dispersions. Research in the area of absolute judgment (Helson, 1948;Johnson, 1955;Rambo, 1961Rambo, , 1962 indicates the distribution of stimuli along the physical or psychological continuum contributes heavily to the determination of the judgment scale. Skewness, range, and other stimulus spacing dimensions as well as relative frequency of presentation, and order of presentation have all been demonstrated to exert a significant influence upon these category scales.…”