Accession Number:

AD0711020

Title:

WORD ASSOCIATION, METHODS OF DEDUCTION AND INDUCTION, AND REACTIONS TO SET IN GOOD AND POOR REASONERS.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

STANFORD UNIV CALIF DEPT OF PSYCHOLOGY

Personal Author(s):

• McNemar,Olga W.

Report Date:

1954-01-15

Pagination or Media Count:

34.0

Abstract:

The paper presents the results of an attempt to differentiate, within a college sample, individuals high in reasoning ability from those low in this ability. The variables to be studied are classified under three general headings free and controlled word association, deduction and induction, and experimentally induced set. Author

Descriptors:

• (*REASONING
• PERFORMANCE(HUMAN))
• (*PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)
• ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE)
• WORD ASSOCIATION
• TEST CONSTRUCTION(PSYCHOLOGY)
• CLASSIFICATION
• MEASUREMENT
• STUDENTS
• DECISION MAKING
• SET THEORY

Subject Categories:

• Psychology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE