Date of Award
8-1981
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Chris Koronakos
Second Advisor
Dr. Malcolm Robertson
Third Advisor
Dr. Paul Mountjoy
Fourth Advisor
Dr. Joetta Long
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
This investigation was designed to determine the validity of two categories of neuropsychological measures of cerebral dominance. Forty right-handed subjects were administered two dichotic listening tests and two hemispheric competition tests in a random order. The principal data showed that none of the four tests had sufficient levels of criterion-related and concurrent validity to be considered clinically useful in measuring laterality. In addition, a Baysean analysis of one of the dichotic listening tests indicated that it possessed a predictive validity of .79. Finally, the assertion that the scoring methods of each test are dynamically different was disputed, and Kinsbourne's interhemispheric competition model was not supported by the data.
Recommended Citation
Kapik, Wade Addam, "An Analysis of Validity Constructs in the Dichotic Listening and Hemispheric Competition Procedures" (1981). Masters Theses. 1761.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1761