The relative significance of developmental as compared with cultural changes in verbal behavior was estimated. The percentage agreement in primary responses to the Kent-Rosanoff Test was analyzed for the age range from childhood to old adulthood and for the time period from 1910 to 1964, by enumerating the degree of approximation of a simplex (Guttman). Age of Ss was found to be a more important determinant for the agreement than time of testing.
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