Genetic changes in semantic conditioning.

Bf, Riess

doi:10.1037/h0060465

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“…The most striking factor in the whole study was the equally strong evidence for generalization under subliminal and superliminal conditions of stimulation. In providing evidence for generalization this study supports the work of Reiss (1946) and Branca (1957). Evidence for phonetographic generalization was also forthcoming since the neutral word FORTY produced larger responses than PENCLL.…”

Section: Support For the Arguments Of Mcginnies (1949) And Lazarus (1supporting

confidence: 89%

Semantic generalization and the mechanism of subception

Worthington

1961

Australian Journal of Psychology

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The general purpose of this study was to examine the power of the subception mechanism as a discriminatory agent in a complex perceptual situation. The specific aims were : I . To replicate the results obtained by McCleary and Lazarus (1949-50) regarding the subception effect, using meaningful material rather than nonsense syllables; 2. To provide evidence of semantic generalization under normal perceptual conditions;3. To provide evidence that semantic generalization may occur under conditions of subliminal stimulation. Method SubjectsSixteen subjects were used, twelve male and four female, Eight were university students and cight were adults with no university training. T h e experiment was administered individually. The average time for the experimental session was go minutes. Apparatus and ProcedureSs were seated six feet from a white screen. Stimuli were projected on this screen from a standard 2 in. x z in. projector positioned 2 ft. behind the subject. The projector was fitted with a tachistoscopic shutter and fed through a variac transformer to permit variations in the illumination of the image. The ambient illumination of the room was O'IZ log. ft. lamberts. S's palmar GSR was measured by an AC apparatus built in theDepartment of Psychology in the University of Queensland, incorporating a circuit simiiar to that described by Nichols and Daroge Electric shock was used as the UCS, and was administered by means of electrodes placed on the subject's right forearm and connected to a shocking device incorporated in the GSR apparatus.The experiment was divided into three phases. These were: I. A threshold testing period; 2. A conditioning period; 3. A test period. The procedure adopted during each section is outlined below. no6( 195.5). The Mechanism of Subception 207 Threshold Testing PeriodThe following instructions were given to S:"This is an experiment in perception. It is divided into three parts. The first art merely requires you to look at the screen when I say 'Ready.' s o u are to try to tell me what the word projected on the screen is. If you don't see anything then tell me but if you can see something but aren't sure what it IS, then have a guess. I'll tell you what you have to do in the second part of the experiment after we finish the first section. 'Ready?'."

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Section: Support For the Arguments Of Mcginnies (1949) And Lazarus (1supporting

confidence: 89%

Semantic generalization and the mechanism of subception

Worthington

1961

Australian Journal of Psychology

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“…Conditioning of four different age groups (seven years to eighteen years, six months of age) to give an electro-dermal response to various kinds of words was studied by Reiss (42). Of the three types (homophone, antonym, and snyonym) the youngest group showed the greatest transfer to homophones and least to synonyms.…”

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“…Carlton and Carlton (9) found that mentally defective adolescents made more errors and different kinds of errors in oral language than did a "normal" group of the same mental age, sex, and parental socio-economic status. Reiss (42) studied the kind of words (homophone, antonym, synonym) to which children of different ages could most easily be conditioned.…”

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Chapter II: Mental Development during the Preadolescent and Adolescent Periods

Worbois¹

1947

Review of Educational Research

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“…It has been known for some time (Riess, 1946) that young children display more generalization to words phonetographically related to CS words than to those semantically related, and that in normal adults the opposite trend appears. This reversal in trend is usually explained in terms of the growth of inhibitory tendencies toward PG with the development of strong language habits.…”

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