Acquisition of a 24-unit verbal maze as a function of number of alternate choices per unit.
- 1 January 1954
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Experimental Psychology
- Vol. 48 (5) , 335-338
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0056972
Abstract
Eleven groups of Ss learned a 24-unit verbal maze for which the number of alternate choices per unit were 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, 11, or 12. Acquisition measured in terms of mean total time and mean total errors to the criterion of one perfect repetition increased with increase in the number of alternate choices. Analysis of variance indicates a significant effect of the independent variable on both measures of acquisition. Since tests of deviation from linear regression reveal no deviation, least-square linear regression equations were fitted to the empirical data by the method of least squares. These functions are y-363.1x-24.2 for time and y=93.4x-65.4 for errors. Serial position error curves are also presented and show an increase in the extent of bowing with increase in the number of alternate choices. These results are discussed in relation to those of an earlier study on maze of 16 units in length.Keywords
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- Effect of number of choices per unit of a verbal maze on learning and serial position errors.Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1954