APPARENT MAGNITUDE OF NUMBER SCALED BY RANDOM PRODUCTION
APPARENT MAGNITUDE OF NUMBER SCALED BY RANDOM PRODUCTION
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DOI:
10.1037/h0035850
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发表时间:
1974-01-01
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通讯作者:
HILL, DK
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作者:
BANKS, WP;HILL, DK
A technique for generating a ratio scale for any psychophysical continuum by having Ss generate subjectively random productions on that continuum is described and used to scale numerical magnitude, duration, and line length. The perceived magnitude of numbers grows as an increasingly decelerated function of their absolute magnitude, but it is approximately logarithmic from 10 to 1,000. The range of 1-500 is fitted well with a power function with an exponent of about 2/3. 9 experiments were conducted with a total of 126 graduate and undergraduate students. Results defend the position that the psychological scale of number is compressive, and they explore a number of possible artifacts in the random-production technique. Cross-modality matches between numbers, line lengths, and durations are predicted from the random-production scales derived for each of these dimensions. The predictions give power functions whose exponents are in some agreement with previous experimental estimates. Random-production scales for hand-grip force, intensity of electric shocks, and subjective area are consistent with their magnitude-estimation scales, given that number has an exponent of 2/3.(50 ref)(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)