Accession Number:

AD0712986

Title:

The Effect of a Conditioning Procedure Upon the Judgment of Weights.

Descriptive Note:

Technical memo.,

Corporate Author:

HUMAN ENGINEERING LABS ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD

Personal Author(s):

• Perlmuter,Lawrence C.
• Karsh,Robert
• Kimble,Gregory A.

Report Date:

1970-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

12.0

Abstract:

Two experiments are reported in which a visual stimulus of one hue was paired with two lighter weights and a stimulus of a different hue was paired with two heavier weights. The purpose of the experiments was to determine whether these visual stimuli would be effective in distorting the judgments of the heaviness of a single weight lying midway between the lighter and heavier weights. Author

Descriptors:

• (*WEIGHT
• PERCEPTION)
• (*SENSES(PHYSIOLOGY)
• PERFORMANCE(HUMAN))
• VISUAL SIGNALS
• CORRELATION TECHNIQUES
• CONDITIONED RESPONSE
• PSYCHOPHYSICS
• COLORS
• ARMY RESEARCH

Subject Categories:

• Psychology
• Anatomy and Physiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE