Date of Award

Summer 1986

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Psychology

Program/Concentration

Psychology

Committee Director

Glynn D. Coates

Committee Member

Ben B. Morgan, Jr.

Committee Member

David L. Pancoast

Committee Member

Terry L. Dickinson

Abstract

The present study investigates the effects of presentation method. stimulus string length, and pair type on matching task response time and accuracy. It was hypothesized that sequential presentation and small stimulus arrays evoke holistic processing while long simultaneous sets are matched according to serial self-terminating comparison strategies. The current results indicate that serial self-terminating comparison processes were employed across the experimental conditions. A fixed-order serial self-terminating scan was supported for two and four letter stimulus sets. For six letter strings, subjects appeared to adopt random order self-terminating searches if a divergent element was not located among the first few letter comparisons. Males obtained a speed advantage for sequential presentation while females responded significantly faster than males for simultaneous presentation. The current findings are discussed in terms of current matching task theories and suggest ions for future research are presented.

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DOI

10.25777/zfvp-4046

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