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Equating Individual Differences For Auditory Input
Author(s) -
McGuinness Diane
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1974.tb00831.x
Subject(s) - psychology , loudness , stimulus (psychology) , equating , audiology , auditory stimuli , stimulus control , perception , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , neuroscience , medicine , nicotine , rasch model
While the level of intensity of a stimulus is highly controlled in most psychological experiments, there has never been a corresponding demonstration that the level of stimulus intensity is perceived by different subjects as being equivalent. That this is not the case has been demonstrated here. Both individual differences and a strong effect of sex were observed. A formula is given whereby control of input can be related to perceived loudness.