Demanding maximal speed in fatigue tests obscures each individual's normal work rhythm, testing an abnormal psychophysical condition (Yoakum)¶

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q2 i? Yoakum argues that insisting on maximal speed of work in fatigue tests disregards each individual's normal rhythm of work, so that what is tested is an abnormal psychophysical condition. → G. M. W 1910

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G. M. W 1910¶

G. M. W. (1910). Abstracts and Reviews: Some Recent Literature upon Fatigue; Studies in Arithmetic. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0069029

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The review reports Yoakum's methodological criticism of prior fatigue research, that maximal-speed demands produce a condition that "does not present to us a clear picture of the properly working organism." This is the author's argument, not a tested comparison.

"investigators of fatigue have insisted upon maximal speed of work by the subjects of their tests, in disregard of the fact that each individual has his own normal rhythm of work"

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