Psychological Bulletin

Broadhurst, P. L.; Jinks, J. L.

doi: 10.1037/h0048728pmid: N/A

The techniques which can be used in the analysis of quantitative data by the methods of biometrical genetics are outlined. The need for achieving a suitable scale is noted. Data provided by experiments in psychogentics which are amenable to this type of analysis are reanalized in terms of additive, dominance and interaction components of variance. From Psyc Abstracts 36:01:3DP37B.

Morrill, Charles S.

doi: 10.1037/h0047318pmid: 13772806

The idea of teaching machines goes back to the mid-1920s but within the last 3 years there has been a strong resurgence of interest. There are many points of disagreement among workers which will be best resolved on an empirical basis. The problems involved in the application of teaching machines are briefly discussed. From Psyc Abstracts 36:01:3KC63M.

Rosenzweig, Mark

doi: 10.1037/h0042114pmid: 13743522

Early work on the perception of location of a sound source was considered to be a judgment arrived at by comparing differences in the stimulation at the 2 ears. This view gave way to the dichotic time hypothesis which led to many speculations concerning the neurological mechanisms involved in localization. More recently ablation and electrophysiological techniques have been employed but as yet there is not a completely satisfactory neurological model. From Psyc Abstracts 36:01:3DI76R.

Barber, Theodore Xenophon

doi: 10.1037/h0042731pmid: 13686786

There are many studies indicating that sensory, circulatory, gastrointestinal, and cutaneous functions can be altered by means of hypnosis. There also are many studies indicating that similar physiological effects can be produced by symbolic stimulation without hypnosis. The assumption that hypnotic behavior is a function of the trance state is open to question. From Psyc Abstracts 36:01:3II90B.

Wesley, Frank

doi: 10.1037/h0045746pmid: 13784538

The data concerning number concepts of animals do not agree with the general relationship between position in the phylogenetic scale and behavior. An examination of these studies indicates the necessity of controlling extraneous cues which may be related to performance. From Psyc Abstracts 36:01:3EN20W.

Yates, Aubrey J.

doi: 10.1037/h0047460pmid: 13787265

This review covers the types of measures which have been used to compare the test performance and behavior of the S in the waking state with that in the hypnotic state, the various conditions under which the performance is recorded, the principal established results, the main theories which account for the phenomenon, and the methodological problems involved. Suggestions for future research are made. From Psyc Abstracts 36:01:3II29Y.