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Finding Aid for the Department of Public Welfare Design Experiment, undated


MS-2380

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, July 11, 2006.

Summary Information
Title: Department of Public Welfare Design Experiment

Date/Date Range :   undated

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:
This document is a psychophysical design experiment from the Department of Public Welfare. It is designed to test different groups of people and their perceptions of stimuli, of subliminal influence, and their unconscious perceptions.

Call number: MS-2380

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
Collection is property of the University of Tennessee Special Collections Library.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Department of Public Welfare Design Experiment, MS-2380. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of a single folder.


Biography / History

Tennessee's Department of Institutions and Public Welfare was organized in 1937. In 1939, they split into separate agencies. The Department of Public Welfare changed its name to the Department of Human Services in 1975. It handles child support, rehabilitation services, and adult and family services, such as welfare and TennCare programs.


Collection Scope and Content Note

This document is a psychophysical design experiment from the Department of Public Welfare. It is designed to test different groups of people and their perceptions of stimuli, of subliminal influence, and their unconscious perceptions.

Subject Terms

  • Tennessee. Dept. of Human Services.
  • Tennessee. Dept. of Public Welfare.
Contents List
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Department of Public Welfare Design experiment in the City of Knoxville, TN, undated

Scope Note:

The hypothesis is "That there are no differences in the tendency to breakdown between a group of persons drawn from the normal population who have high F-/- percentages, and a comparable group with low F-/- percentages, when subjected to perceptual stimuli and required to make differentiations which approach and go beyond the limen of perception, at its lower end."