dc.contributor.advisor | Woodman, Geoffrey F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Farina, Tiffany | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-28T17:46:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-04-28T17:46:09Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1803/7557 | |
dc.description | This thesis explores the relationship between stimulus presentation time and the effects of priming. It was completed as part of the Honors Program in Psychological Sciences under the direction of Dr. Geoffrey Woodman. It was completed in conjunction with the Honors Thesis course (PSY 4999) with Dr. Megan Saylor. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This project investigated the differences in reaction times between recognition of objects by feelings of familiarity and recognition of objects through direct recollection. Participants were shown images in a study phase, and shown them again in a test phase along with novel images. They were then asked to provide a rating of recognition confidence rating on a scale of 1 to 5. We predicted that reaction times would decrease as certainty of recognition or no recognition increased, and that items presented for a longer amount of time in the study phase would have faster reaction times and higher confidence ratings. Results showed that reaction times did decrease for items presented for longer amounts of time in the study phase. Confidence ratings increased significantly as item presentation length in the study phase increased, following the predicted trend of increased confidence ratings with decreased reaction times for stimuli viewed longer in the study phase. A surprising finding of diverging accuracy in two of the exposure conditions was also found. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Thesis completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Honors Program in Psychological Sciences | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Vanderbilt University | en_US |
dc.subject | Implicit Memory | en_US |
dc.subject | Priming | en_US |
dc.subject | Explicit Memory | en_US |
dc.subject | Reaction Times | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Cognitive psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Priming (Psychology) | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Reaction time | en_US |
dc.title | The Effects of Priming on Reaction Times, Confidence Rating Measures, and Accuracy | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.college | College of Arts and Science | en_US |
dc.description.school | Vanderbilt University | en_US |
dc.description.department | Psychology | en_US |