This investigation was designed to determine relative effects of monetary reward and knowledge of results on complex-choice reaction time tasks. Subjects were twenty-five male and thirty-two female undergraduate students. Apparatus consisted of nine stimulus lights and eight response keys. Subjects were required to add the number of lights presented, subtract the sum from a constant, and press the correctly numbered response key. Reward subjects received twenty-five cents for responses faster than a predetermined criterion, and twenty-five cents was deducted for slower responses. Knowledge of results subjects were told their reaction times after each trial. Results indicated (1) no significant differences between any conditions, (2) a significant overall practice effect (.01 level), and (3) that males were significantly faster than females (.01 level).
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc663028 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Davies, Terry Barnett |
| Contributors | Holloway, Harold D., Harrell, Ernest H., Haynes, Jack Read |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | v, 63 leaves: ill., Text |
| Coverage | United States - Texas - Denton County - Denton |
| Rights | Public, Davies, Terry Barnett, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights |
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