This thesis has explored the relationship between egocentric speech and conceptual tempo, and the influence of age, sex, and I.Q. on these variables. Egocentric speech was defined as the individual’s ability to recognize and provide verbal communication which was adequate for over-coming the informational deficiencies of his listeners, and was measured on a referential communication task. Conceptual tempo was defined as the reflective or impulsive cognitive mode of the individual, and was measured by a visual recognition task. It was hypothesized that the variance of referential communication would be influenced by conceptual tempo, with impulsive children being more egocentric. It was also predicted that increased age and I.Q. would decrease egocentric speech.The data was analyzed by multiple regression, and the relationship between conceptual tempo and referential communication was not significant. Age was found to significantly influence egocentric speech with old subjects exhibiting less than young subjects. I.Q. and sex were not found to significantly influence egocentric speech.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/181368 |
| Date | January 1976 |
| Creators | Cramer, David W. |
| Contributors | Martin, Robert A., 1948- |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | v, 36 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Source | Virtual Press |
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