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RELEVANCE AND CATEGORY SCALES OF JUDGEMENT
Author(s) -
DAVIDON ROBERT S.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1962.tb00842.x
Subject(s) - judgement , psychology , lightness , relevance (law) , block (permutation group theory) , adaptation (eye) , cognitive psychology , series (stratigraphy) , social psychology , statistics , mathematics , artificial intelligence , geometry , epistemology , computer science , paleontology , philosophy , neuroscience , political science , law , biology
Once adaptation levels had been established in category judgements of the height and lightness of a series of grey blocks, a tall, light block was introduced, and presented with each of the series. Half of the subjects were instructed to reject any block which was lighter than it, and half to reject only those taller. After each decision both groups categorized height and lightness as before. Shifts in scales of judgement were associated with differences in the relevant attributes of the standard.