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Investigations of a time dependent measurement technique for social judgment
- Date Issued:
- 1994
- Summary:
- Argument is made for the use of variation permissive methods in the study of social judgment; one such dynamic method which purports to track on-line social evaluation (the mouse paradigm) is then introduced. The methodology of the mouse paradigm, which involves updating 'moment-to-moment' feelings via manipulation of a cursor by computer mouse, permits a wide range of experimental contrivance. Three varieties (SCALE, 1D and 2D), which differ in the amount of virtual (on screen) freedom of movement and psychological constraint, were tested with stereotyped targets (negative, ambivalent and positive) to determine any differences in their absolute distance time series and the extent to which aspects of these time series remained correlated with traditional scale-ratings of positivity and stability in feelings about targets. Results indicated a sharp difference between the two-dimensional (2D) variety and the one-dimensional varieties (SCALE and 1D), a finding which supports contention that the 2D variety possesses an appropriate balance of freedom and constraint.
Title: | Investigations of a time dependent measurement technique for social judgment. |
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Name(s): |
Kaufman, J. Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor Vallacher, Robin R., Thesis advisor Charles E. Schmidt College of Science Department of Psychology |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
Issuance: | monographic | |
Date Issued: | 1994 | |
Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, FL | |
Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
Extent: | 57 p. | |
Language(s): | English | |
Summary: | Argument is made for the use of variation permissive methods in the study of social judgment; one such dynamic method which purports to track on-line social evaluation (the mouse paradigm) is then introduced. The methodology of the mouse paradigm, which involves updating 'moment-to-moment' feelings via manipulation of a cursor by computer mouse, permits a wide range of experimental contrivance. Three varieties (SCALE, 1D and 2D), which differ in the amount of virtual (on screen) freedom of movement and psychological constraint, were tested with stereotyped targets (negative, ambivalent and positive) to determine any differences in their absolute distance time series and the extent to which aspects of these time series remained correlated with traditional scale-ratings of positivity and stability in feelings about targets. Results indicated a sharp difference between the two-dimensional (2D) variety and the one-dimensional varieties (SCALE and 1D), a finding which supports contention that the 2D variety possesses an appropriate balance of freedom and constraint. | |
Identifier: | 15003 (digitool), FADT15003 (IID), fau:11781 (fedora) | |
Degree granted: | Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1994. | |
Collection: | FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection | |
Note(s): | Charles E. Schmidt College of Science | |
Subject(s): |
Judgment Attitude change Verbal behavior Psychometrics Permutation groups Group theory Galois theory |
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Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
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Host Institution: | FAU | |
Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |