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Outline forms as visual stimuli in psychological experiments

Outline forms as visual stimuli in psychological experiments A set of stimuli to be used in psychological experiments is presented. Drawn spontaneously by the Ss, these stimuli are outline forms which can be freely reproduced in an experimental situation. The complexity and meaning-fulness of 100 forms were investigated. Meaningfulness depended on two variables: the probability of a given form having a certain meaning for a S, and the homogeneity of the meanings a given number of Ss ascribe to this form. Three types of meaningfulness could be distinguished: forms with one meaning only, ambiguous forms and nonsense forms. Complexity, homogeneity and probability of having a meaning are listed for all 100 forms. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Psychological Research Springer Journals

Outline forms as visual stimuli in psychological experiments

Psychological Research , Volume 40 (2) – Aug 24, 2004

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Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 1978 by Springer-Verlag
Subject
Psychology; Psychology Research
ISSN
0340-0727
eISSN
1430-2772
DOI
10.1007/BF00308415
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Abstract

A set of stimuli to be used in psychological experiments is presented. Drawn spontaneously by the Ss, these stimuli are outline forms which can be freely reproduced in an experimental situation. The complexity and meaning-fulness of 100 forms were investigated. Meaningfulness depended on two variables: the probability of a given form having a certain meaning for a S, and the homogeneity of the meanings a given number of Ss ascribe to this form. Three types of meaningfulness could be distinguished: forms with one meaning only, ambiguous forms and nonsense forms. Complexity, homogeneity and probability of having a meaning are listed for all 100 forms.

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Psychological ResearchSpringer Journals

Published: Aug 24, 2004

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