scholarly journals Adaptation-level theory and the free recall of mixed-frequency lists

1982 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
David C. Rubin ◽  
Stephen Corbett
Keyword(s):  
Free Recall ◽  
Adaptation Level ◽  
Mixed Frequency ◽  
Adaptation Level Theory

Adaptation-Level Theory

1974 ◽  
Vol 19 (11) ◽  
pp. 773-774
Author(s):  
JACOB BECK
Keyword(s):  
Adaptation Level ◽  
Adaptation Level Theory

The Effect of Set on the Two-Point Tactual Threshold

1966 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anima Sen
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Test Stimulus ◽  
Opposite Direction ◽  
Adaptation Level ◽  
Critical Stimulus ◽  
Positive Direction ◽  
Control Series ◽  
Longitudinal Line ◽  
Adaptation Level Theory ◽  
The Right

This experiment studies the influence of set on the two-point tactual threshold. The two-point limen (critical stimulus) was determined along the mid-longitudinal line of both volar and dorsal surfaces of the right forearms of seven university students. Test-stimuli were selected at 3 mm. steps both up and down from each of the critical stimuli. Each of these test-stimuli was presented separately, the critical stimulus being interpolated 30 times in each test of the series. The proportions of two-point and one-point responses to the critical stimulus were then determined again in a control series. It was found that, as the test-stimulus deviated in the positive direction from the critical stimulus, the proportion of two-point responses to the critical stimulus increased, reached a maximum and then began to decline. A similar rise and fall in one-point responses were found in the opposite direction. The results were explained by Adaptation Level Theory.

A note on adaptation level theory

1970 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-51
Author(s):  
Malcolm A. Colston
Keyword(s):  
Adaptation Level ◽  
Adaptation Level Theory

Grading Practices in Different Major Fields

1974 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 343-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy D. Goldman ◽  
Donald E. Schmidt ◽  
Barbara Newlin Hewitt ◽  
Ronald Fisher
Keyword(s):  
College Admission ◽  
Adaptation Level ◽  
Grading Practices ◽  
High Ability ◽  
Average Student ◽  
Admission Requirements ◽  
Adaptation Level Theory ◽  
High Grading ◽  
Grading Standards ◽  
High Ability Students

The present investigation was concerned with grading standards in different major fields. Specifically, adaptation-level theory was hypothesized as a model for describing grading behavior of instructors. In this model, the stringency of grading standards is positively related to average student ability. The regressions of GPA on HSGPA, SATV and SATM were computed for students in each of 12 major fields. This information was used to “project” hypothetical GPA’s if students were to major in fields other than their own. The results indicated that for middle and low ability students those fields with lowest ability students adopt lowest grading standards. Similarly, high grading standards are adopted by fields with high ability students. It appeared that adaptation-level theory was supported as a model of grading behavior at low and middle levels of ability but not for high levels of ability. The implications of the results were discussed with regard to: 1) changing college admission requirements, and, 2) open-enrollment experiments.

GOOD NEWS OR BAD NEWS FIRST?

1981 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda L. Marshall ◽  
Robert F. Kidd
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Attraction ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Intelligence Test ◽  
Bad News ◽  
Good News ◽  
Adaptation Level ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Commonsense Reasoning ◽  
Adaptation Level Theory ◽  
Gain Loss

Commonsense reasoning predicts that people prefer hearing bad news before good news rather than the reverse. In two role-playing experiments, subjects were asked if they preferred to hear good news/bad news or bad news/good news. In a third experiment, subjects believed they would be receiving good and bad information about themselves from a personality, social sensitivity, or intelligence test. Results from all three studies showed that subjects overwhelmingly preferred to hear bad news first. Two possible interpretations of the results were offered. One interpretation derived from the gain-loss phenomenon in interpersonal attraction and the other from Helson's adaptation-level theory.

scholarly journals An adaptation-level theory account of a relative-size illusion

1968 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 229-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Restle ◽  
Coleman T. Merryman
Keyword(s):  
Relative Size ◽  
Adaptation Level ◽  
Adaptation Level Theory
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