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RESPONSE LATENCIES IN CLASSIFICATION OF WORD—SHAPE PAIRS
Author(s) -
SEYMOUR PHILIP H. K.
Publication year - 1969
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.2044-8295.1969.tb01217.x
Subject(s) - square (algebra) , word (group theory) , psychology , selection (genetic algorithm) , mathematics , pattern recognition (psychology) , communication , combinatorics , statistics , arithmetic , artificial intelligence , geometry , cognitive psychology , computer science
The experiment examined classification times for the four word—shape pairs produced by combining the labels square and circle with the shapes square and circle . Times were obtained for each of the three possible 2:1 mappings of the four display pairs to the verbal responses ‘yes’ and ‘no’. These define three conditions in which the basis of the classification is respectively the shape , the label , or both the label and the shape . Classification times were significantly slower where both component displays were relevant for selection of the response. Moreover, under this condition, classification times for circle / circle and square / square were faster for the response ‘yes’ than for the response ‘no’, whereas this effect was reversed for the pairs square / circle and circle / square . The implications of these findings are discussed.