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THE TIME‐ORDER ERROR IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SUBJECTIVE TIME SCALE
Author(s) -
Björkman Mats,
Holmkvist Olle
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1960.tb01275.x
Subject(s) - scale (ratio) , range (aeronautics) , statistics , process (computing) , order (exchange) , construct (python library) , value (mathematics) , product (mathematics) , mathematics , psychology , algorithm , computer science , geometry , engineering , physics , finance , quantum mechanics , economics , programming language , aerospace engineering , operating system
(1) A method to obtain a scale of subjective time unbiased by the time‐order error is suggested. (2) The method gives as by‐product some preliminary results on the memory process which gives rise to the time‐order error. (3) The method is applied in an experimental study. Two methods, the adjustment method and the reproduction method were used to construct a subjective time scale within the range 1–7 seconds. The former method gave an almost linear R‐S curve while the latter resulted in a positively accelerated curve. (4) The time‐order error seems to be a very rapid process. The memory curve reaches very near its asymptotic value within a few tenths of a second.