The Effects of Free and Forced Choice with a Time Gradient and Monetary Incentive in a Serial Learning Task

Author

Ernest joseph Lucier Jr., Central Washington University

Document Type

Thesis

Date of Degree Completion

1970

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Experimental Psychology

Committee Chair

James E. Klahn

Second Committee Member

Donald E. Guy

Third Committee Member

Howard Bruce Robinson

Abstract

This experiment was designed to determine the effects of free and forced choice within time gradients of five and eight seconds using monetary incentive on a serial learning task. A series of nonsense symbols were successively presented to thirty-six subjects whose task was to learn the serial with the least number of exposures.

Recommended Citation

Lucier, Ernest joseph Jr., "The Effects of Free and Forced Choice with a Time Gradient and Monetary Incentive in a Serial Learning Task" (1970). All Master's Theses. 1290.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/1290

Language

English