The effect of catch‐trials on speed and accuracy among introverts and extraverts in a simple RT task

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ID9619904
AuthorsJ Bartlet Brebner (The University of Adelaide, corresponding author), John Brebner, Rosemary Flavel (The University of Adelaide)
Year1978
Volume69
Issue1
Pages9-15
Publication date1978-02-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.2044-8295.1978.tb01627.x
PMID626808
OpenAlexW2087945320
LanguageEN
Citations received7

Three predictions from the model of extraversion put forward by Brebner & Cooper (1974) were tested in a simple RT task. In line with the model, extraverts were found to make more commissive errors and to be more affected by an increase in the catch‐trial rate. The third prediction‐that extraverts would tend to produce longer runs of decreasing RTs than of increasing RTs in the condition with 10 per cent catch‐trials, was not borne out. This effect was, however, seen in the condition with 40 per cent catch‐trials although it was not statistically significant, P = 0.06

Audiology · Big Five personality traits · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Extraversion and introversion · Personality · Simple (philosophy) · Statistics · Task (project management) · Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies · Behavioral and Psychological Studies · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology

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