[From Rick Marken (961001.1600)]
Bill Benzon (961001) --
It's [collectively controlled perceptions] not my term. Kent introduced it
for some reason. Ask him to clarify it.
Ok.
I went to your nice home page to try to find your paper and couldn't find
it. Could you send me a copy again, please?
Bruce Gregory (961001.1800 EDT)--
It seems a bit odd, however, that if the experimenter says "tone present"
and "tone absent" instead of "correct" and "incorrect" she becomes a
disturbance rather than a controlled variable.
This is a VERY good observation. I'd written three replies to you before I
got it right. Yes, when the experimenter says "correct" or "incorrect" based
on what you say, the experimeter's words (if you want to hear him say
"correct") have the status of a controlled variable because the are _not_
independent of your actions. However, when the experiment is set up so that
the experimenter says only "tone present" or "tone absent" based on what
actually occurred on a trial then the experimenter's words have the status
of a disturbance because they _are_ independent of what you say. If you are
controlling the relationship between what you say ("tone present" or "tone
absent") and what the experimenter says ("tone present" or "tone absent") in
this situation, then the experimenter's words are a disturbance to this
variable.
Geez, you're smart!
Best
Rick