In Yoakum's pattern-tapping study, errors tended to appear in groups whose number, spacing, size, and place depended on the subject's initial physiological condition¶
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q2 i? When errors appeared in the pattern-tapping records, they tended to appear in groups, and their number, distance apart, size, length, and place in the series depended on the subject's actual physiological condition at the start. → 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 describes Yoakum's Chicago laboratory study using a memorized ten-digit pattern tapped by lip or finger for 15-20 minutes, in which errors "tended to appear in groups"; errors were also classed as mechanical or psychic, alternating across groups.
"the number of errors and the distance between the groups, their size and length, their place in the series, all depend on the actual physiological condition of the subject as he begins the experiment"
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Related Claims¶
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In Yoakum's pattern-tapping study, errors tended to appear in groups whose number, spacing, size, and place depended on the subject's initial physiological condition |
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In Yoakum's pattern-tapping study, errors tended to appear in groups whose number, spacing, size, and place depended on the subject's initial physiological condition |
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