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‘ROUTINE‐BLOCKADE’ EXPERIMENTS IN PERCEPTION: PRO‐EXPECTATIONAL DISTORTION AND MORE GENERAL COGNITIVE CHARACTERISTICS
Author(s) -
Bjerstedt Ake
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.tb01277.x
Subject(s) - psychology , perception , stimulus (psychology) , cognition , cognitive psychology , social psychology , neuroscience
The author stresses the importance of studying the role of expectation in perception, especially with regard to individual differences and their determinants. A specific framework is outlined as a heuristic tool in such studies. Subjects' perception reports were studied in situations with a discrepancy between ‘focal stimulus’ and built‐in expectation. ‘Summary distortion scores’ were derived, expressing the individual's tendency to choose a pro‐expectational report rather than a pro‐stimulus report. Individual differences in this respect were then compared with data on more general cognitive characteristics and other tendencies of the subjects.