Experimental Psychology

A Manual of Laboratory Practice

by
Edward Bradford Titchener

 

VOLUME II

QUANTITATIVE EXPERIMENTS
PART II. INSTRUCTOR'S MANUAL

 

The Macmillan Company, London, 1923

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Title Page  
Acknowledgements  
PREFACE  
Table of Contents v
Index of Figures . ix
List of Abbreviations xi

 

INTRODUCTION
THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF QUANTITATIVE PSYCHOLOGY

1. Weber's Experiments xiii
2. Fechner's Intrepetation xx
3. The reception of the Elemente xxxviii
4. Criticism xlvii
... (1) The given S not a sum of S-units xlviii
... (2) The equality of the j. n.d. lxviii
... (3) The 'psychophysical law' lxxxix
5. Our Debt to Fechner cvii
6. Reconstruction cxvi
7. Notes on ¶ 1-7 of the Text cxliv
8. Questions and Essay Subjects clvii
9. The Problems of Sensitivity clxv

 

CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENTS

Experiment I

10. The Qualitative RL for Tones ; the Lowest Audible Tone 1

Experiment II

11. The Qualitative RL for Tones ; Alternative Experiment 21
12. Determinations of the Lowest Audible Tone  

Experiment III

13. The Qualitative TR for Tones ; the Highest Audible Tone 31
14. Determinations of the Highest Audible Tone 41

Experiment IV-VI

15. The Intensive RL for Pressure 31

Experiment VII, VIII

16. The Intensive RL for Sound 56
17. Weber's Law 61

Experiment IX-XII

18. Demonstrations of Weber's Law 72

 

CHAPTER II. THE METRIC METHODS

19. The Law of Error 93
20. The Method of Limits : Historical 99
21. The Method of Limits : Critical 116

Experiment XIII, XIV

22. The Method of Limits . Notes on ¶ 16 of the Text 121
23. The Limens of Continuous Change 137

Experiment XV

24. Fechner's Method of Average Error : Notes on ¶ 17 of the Text 143
25. The Method of Average Error . Historical 160

Experiment XVI, XVII

26. The Method of Equivalents : Notes on ¶ 18 of the Text 187
27. The Method of Equivalents : Historical 191

Experiment XVIII, XIX

28. The Method of Equal Distances : Notes on ¶ 18 of the Text 194
29. The Method of Equal Distances : Historical and Critical 210
30. The Psychophysics of Tone . the Tonal DL and Judgements of Tonal Distance 232

Experiment XX

31. The Method of Constant R : Notes on ¶ 20 of the Text 248

Experiment XXI

32. The Determination of Equivalent R by the Method of Constant R : Notes on 21 of the Text 258

Experiment XXII, XXIII

33. The Method of Constant R-Differences : Notes on ¶ 22 of the Text 263
34. The Method of Right and Wrong Cases : Historical and Critical 275

 

CHAPTER III. REACTION TIME EXPERIMENTS

35. Electircal Units and Measurments 319
36. The Technique of Simple Reaction 326

Experiment XXIV

37. The Three Types of Simple Reaction 356

Experiment XXV

38. Compound Reactions . Discrimination, Cognition, and Choice 375

Experiment XXVI

39. Compound Reactions . Association 381

 

CHAPTER VI. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TIME

Experiment XXVII

40. The Estimation of Time 393

 

CHAPTER V. THE RANGE OF QUANTITATIVE PSYCHOLOGY

41. Some Typical Experiments of Quantitative Psychology 405

 

APPENDICES

 

Appendix I. Examination Questions 413
Appendix II. Books and Periodicals 417
Appendix III. Firms and Instruments 423

 

List of Materials. 425
List of Names 429
Index of Subjects 439