Cognitive Control of Differentiation in the Perception of Persons and Objects
- 1 February 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 26 (1) , 311-330
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1968.26.1.311
Abstract
Performances in tests of 4 dimensions of cognitive control that have implications for the differentiation of experience were used as bases for prediction of response to additional cognitive tests, including a Semantic Differential procedure designed to sample one aspect of differentiation in the perception of persons and objects. Factor analysis was used as a means of assessing relationships among the variables and their relationship to the sex of S. Use of husband-wife pairs as Ss provided partial control of socioeconomic status and yielded some new information concerning cognitive similarity-difference in marriage partners. The major results add to the demonstrated generality of cognitive control dimensions relevant to experiential differentiation and indicate the complexity of such differentiation with respect to persons and objects.Keywords
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