Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1: Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory.
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Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1: Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory.
Psychology, Experimental
Five reactors took part in the experiment, the results of which are
tabulated in the following pages. The figures are based on series of
one hundred reactions for each subject, fifty accompaniments to each
swing and return of the metronome pendulum. When taken in series of
ten successive pairs of reactions, five repetitions of the series will
be given as the basis of each average. The quantitative results are
stated in Tables VII.-XIV., which present the proportional values of
the time intervals elapsing between the successive reactions of an
accompaniment to the strokes of a metronome beating at the rates of
60, 90 and 120 per minute.
TABLE VII.
I. AVERAGES ACCORDING TO REACTORS OF ALL RATES FOR BOTH PHASES.
(_a_) In Series of Ten Successive Pairs of Beats.
Subject. I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X
J. 1.000 1.005 1.022 1.053 1.044 1.116 1.058 1.061 1.055 1.052
K. 1.000 1.027 1.057 1.111 1.093 1.086 1.074 1.096 1.093 1.071
N. 1.000 1.032 1.062 0.990 1.009 0.980 1.019 1.040 1.067 1.040
Aver. 1.000 1.021 1.047 1.051 1.049 1.061 1.050 1.066 1.072 1.054
TABLE VIII.
(_b_) First and Second Halves of the Preceding Combined in Series of
Five.
Subject. I II III IV V
J. 1.058 1.031 1.041 1.054 1.048
K. 1.043 1.050 1.076 1.102 1.082
N. 0.990 1.025 1.051 1.028 1.024
Aver. 1.030 1.035 1.056 1.061 1.051
TABLE IX.
AVERAGES OF ALL RATES AND SUBJECTS ACCORDING TO PHASES OF METRONOME.
(_a_) In Series of Ten Successive Reactions in Accompaniment of Each
Phase.
Phase. I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X
First, 1.000 1.055 1.102 1.097 1.082 1.066 1.053 1.123 1.120 1.074
Second, 1.000 0.988 0.992 1.007 1.016 1.055 1.015 1.009 1.024 1.001
TABLE X.
(_b_) First and Second Halves of the Preceding Combined in Series of
Five.
Phase. I II III IV V
First, 1.033 1.054 1.112 1.108 1.078
Second, 1.027 1.001 1.000 1.015 1.008
TABLE XI.
AVERAGES OF ALL SUBJECTS ACCORDING TO RATES AND PHASES OF METRONOME.
(_a_) First Phase, Series of Ten Successive Reactions.
Rate. _I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X_
60 1.000 1.168 1.239 1.269 1.237 1.209 1.265 1.243 1.237 1.229
90 1.000 1.048 1.063 1.095 1.086 1.069 1.102 1.127 1.168 1.095
120 1.000 1.004 0.942 1.043 1.057 0.978 0.949 1.065 1.065 0.967
TABLE XII.
(_b_) Second Phase, Series of Ten Successive Reactions.
Rate. I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X
60 1.000 0.963 0.942 0.947 1.009 0.695 0.993 0.995 1.023 0.996
90 1.000 0.893 0.987 1.018 1.036 1.005 0.995 1.000 0.977 1.000
120 1.000 1.000 0.990 1.048 1.040 1.007 0.986 1.030 1.037 0.962
TABLE XIII.
AVERAGES OF ALL SUBJECTS AND BOTH PHASES OF METRONOME ACCORDING TO
RATES.
(_a_) In Series of Ten.
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