Abstract
2 groups of 15 volunteer schizophrenic Ss each worked on 20 word-anagram problems. The anagrams for Group I were the solutions for Group II, and vice versa. Each of the last 10 problem pairs represented a test of the mediation model's prediction that faster solution times will occur when the anagram has a low Thorndike-Lorge frequency and the solution word has a high Thorndike-Lorge frequency. Results strongly confirm this prediction. When anagram and solution were of equal frequency, faster solution times tended to be equally distributed among the two groups. Distinct deficits were evident in the performance of schizophrenics. Over-all results indicate the model is applicable for a schizophrenic sample.
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