Number of Responses and Rate of Responding to a Voluntary Rest Pause as a Function of Response Effortfulness

Authors

Robert F. Boldt, Iowa State CollegeFollow
Douglas S. Ellis, Iowa State CollegeFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

Recent studies by Eckstrand (1) and Ellis, Montgomery, and Underwood (2) have been concerned with the effects of effortfulness on performance and reminiscence. Eckstrand varied the amount of spring tension against which the stylus had to be depressed in the pursuit rotor task, while Ellis, Montgomery, and Underwood varied the work-surface height of a block-turning task. In both studies, the effortful manipulation failed to depress performance.

Publication Date

1952

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

59

Issue

1

First Page

359

Last Page

366

Copyright

©1952 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Boldt, Robert F. and Ellis, Douglas S. (1952) "Number of Responses and Rate of Responding to a Voluntary Rest Pause as a Function of Response Effortfulness," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 59(1), 359-366.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol59/iss1/45