Expectancy generation and utilization

dc.contributor.advisorChairperson, Graduate Committee: Keith A. Hutchisonen
dc.contributor.authorShipstead, Zachary Martinen
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-25T18:43:24Z
dc.date.available2013-06-25T18:43:24Z
dc.date.issued2007en
dc.description.abstractAlthough the research of Balota, Black and Cheney (1992) has shown attentional deficits in older adults to be detrimental to performance in semantic priming tasks which require a shift of attention away from a presented category, no attempt has been made to link performance to measures of attentional control. The current study utilizes the same paradigm as Balota, Black and Cheney with participants' attentional control measured using the battery of Hutchison (in press). Results show ability not only to generate expectancy for the target category, but to override automatic processes initiated by the prime word is tied to attentional control. Unfortunately, the attempt of Balota, Black and Cheney to estimate expectancy generation when no shift of attention is required may require revision.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholarworks.montana.edu/handle/1/2269en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMontana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Scienceen
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2007 by Zachary Martin Shipsteaden
dc.subject.lcshAttentionen
dc.subject.lcshTestingen
dc.subject.lcshPriming (Psychology)en
dc.subject.lcshIndividual differencesen
dc.titleExpectancy generation and utilizationen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.catalog.ckey1286586en
thesis.degree.committeemembersMembers, Graduate Committee: Michelle Meade; Richard Blocken
thesis.degree.departmentPsychology.en
thesis.degree.genreThesisen
thesis.degree.nameMSen
thesis.format.extentfirstpage1en
thesis.format.extentlastpage41en

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