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Studies in the Learning Function III.

An Interpretation of the Semi-Major Axis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

L. E. Wiley  and
A. M. Wiley
L. E. Wiley
Affiliation:
Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio
A. M. Wiley
Affiliation:
Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio
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Abstract

An interpretation of the semi-major axis of the Thurstone-type learning curve fitted by the authors to animal maze data is given. This interpretation affords a quantitative description of “insight”.

Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , September 1937 , pp. 161 - 164
Copyright
Copyright © 1937 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

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A grant-in-aid from the National Research Council has made possible the series of investigations, of which this paper is a part. We wish to thank Dr. L. L. Thurstone for criticisms and suggestions.

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