25 schizophrenics and 25 normals did not perform differently on intentional learning when incidental learning was controlled in a covariance analysis. The psychological deficit of the hospitalized patients was interpreted in terms of their set.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
BilesP. E.HeckelR. V.“Awareness” in chronic schizophrenics: II. Awareness of causal factors in recent events. Psychological Reports, 1968, 22, 255–258.
2.
BussA. H.LangP. J.Psychological deficit in schizophrenia: I. Affect, reinforcement, and concept attainment. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1965, 70, 2–24.
3.
GreenbergA.Directed and undirected learning in schizophrenics. Unpublished dissertation, Columbia Univer., 1954.
4.
HeckelR. V.WigginsS. L.Awareness in chronic schizophrenics: I. Awareness of recent events. Psychological Reports, 1964, 14, 367–370.
5.
LangP. J.BussA. H.Psychological deficit in schizophrenia: II. Interference and activation. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1965, 70, 77–106.
6.
RodnickE. H.ShakowD.Set in the schizophrenic as measured by a composite reaction time index. American Journal of Psychiatry, 1940, 97, 214–225.
7.
RosenthalD.LawlorW. G.ZahnT. P.ShakowD.The relationship of some aspects of mental set to degree of schizophrenic disorganization. Journal of Personality, 1960, 28, 26–38.
8.
WinerH.Incidental learning in schizophrenia. Unpublished dissertation, Purdue Univer., 1954.
