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S. S. Stevens papers
1934-1981
Stevens, S. S. (Stanley Smith), 1906-1973
1.75 linear feet
The Stanley Smith ("Smitty") Stevens papers (1934-1981) contain biographical information, articles, and other publications. He went on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1925-1928 to Belgium and Switzerland. Stevens received a Ph.D. in 1933 from Harvard University. He later became a professor and the director of the psychophysics laboratory at Harvard University.
Collection materials are in
English.
Biographical Note
Stanley Smith ("Smitty") Stevens (1906-1973) was born in Ogden, Utah to Stanley and Adeline Smith Stevens. He went on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1925-1928 to Belgium and Switzerland. He attended the University of Utah, but transferred to Stanford University where in 1931 he received his A. B. degree. Originally pursuing medicine as a career, Stevens was admitted to Harvard Medical School, but he later changed to Psychology. Stevens received a Ph.D. in 1933 from Harvard University. He later became a professor and the director of the psychophysics laboratory at Harvard University.
The Stanley Smith Stevens papers (1934-1981) contain biographical information, articles, and other publications.
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Stevens, S. S. (Stanley Smith), 1906-1973--Archives
Psychophysics--Sources
Psychophysiology--Sources
Senses and sensation--Sources
Mental Health
Science
Articles
Biographical Information
1
1
Autobiographical Essay and Biographical Information
Articles, A-Z
1
2
"Adaptation Level vs. The Relativity of Judgment"
1958
1
3
"The Apparent Reduction of Loudness"
1955
1
4
"The Attributes of Tones"
1934
1
5
"The Auditory Input-Output Function"
1
6
"The Basis of Psychophysical Judgments"
1963
1
7
"Binaural Summation of Loudness"
1960
1
8
"Biological Transducers"
1
9
"Brightness Function: Effects of Adaptation"
1963
1
10
"Calculating Loudness"
1957
1
11
"Calculation of the Loudness of Complex Noise"
1956
1
12
"The Calculation of the Loudness of Noise"
1956
1
13
"Calculating the Perceived Level of Light and Sound"
1972
1
14
"Cardiac Acceleration in Emotional Situations"
1937
1
15
"A Classification of Scales of Measurement"
1
16
"Concerning the Form of the Loudness Function"
1957
1
17
"Concerning the Measurement of Brightness"
1966
1
18
"Concerning the Psychophysical Power Law"
1964
1
19
"Cross-Modality Matching of Brightness to Loudness by 5 yr. Olds"
1969
1
20
"Cross-Modality Validation of Subjective Scales for Loudness, Vibration, and Electric Shock"
1959
1
21
"Critical Band Width in Loudness Summation"
1957
1
22
"Decibels of Light and Sound"
1955
1
23
"A Demonstration of Positive and Negative Visual After-Images"
1
24
"The Development of Recorded Auditory Tests for Measuring Loss for Speech"
1947
1
25
"The Direct Estimation of Sensory Magnitudes--Loudness"
1956
1
26
"Duration, Luminance, and the Brightness Exponent"
1966
1
27
"The Dynamics of Subjective Warmth and Cold"
1963
1
28
"Effect of Glare Angle on the Brightness Function for a Small Target"
1965
1
29
"The Emotional Responses: Changes of Heart-Rate in a Gun-Shy Dog"
1938
1
30
"The Estimation of Loudness by Unpracticed Observers"
1956
1
31
"Factors in the Production of Aural Harmonics and Combination Tones"
1937
1
32
"Finger Span: Ratio Scale, Category Scale, and Just Noticeable Difference (JND) Scale
1959
1
33
"Growth of Sensation on Seven Continua as Measured by Force of Handgrip"
1960
1
34
Handbook of Experimental Psychology
1951
1
35
"To Honor Fechner and Repeal His Law"
1961
1
36
"Intensity Functions in Sensory Systems"
1967
1
37
"Introduction: A Definition of Communication"
1950
1
38
"Issues in Psychophysical Measurement"
1971
1
39
"Is There a Quantal Threshold?"
1961
1
40
"The Localization of Actual Sources of Sound"
1936
1
41
"The Localization of Pitch Perception on the Basilar Membrane"
1935
1
42
"The Localization of Pure Tones"
1934
1
43
"Loudness Functions Under Inhibition"
1967
1
44
"Loudness: A Product of Volume Times Density"
1965
1
45
"Loudness, Reciprocality, and Partition Scales"
1962
1
46
"Machines Cannot Fight Alone"
1946
1
47
"The Masking of Pure Tones and of Speech by White Noise"
1950
1
48
"Masking and Sensory Dynamics"
1967
1
49
"The Masking of Speech by Sine Waves, Square Waves, and Regular and Modulated Pulses"
1946
1
50
"Matching Functions between Loudness and Ten Other Continua"
1966
1
51
"Measurement of Auditory Density"
1964
1
52
"The Measurement of Loudness"
1955
1
53
"Measurement and Man"
1957
1
54
"Measurement, Psychophysics, and Utility"
1959
1
55
"Measurement and Social Science"
1
56
"Measurement, Statistics, and the Schemapiric View"
1968
1
57
"A Mechanical Correlator"
1938
1
58
"The Mechanism of Hearing by Electrical Stimulation"
1939-1940
1
59
"Methods Measuring Speech Spectra"
1947
1
60
"A Metric for the Social Consensus"
1966
1
61
"The NAS- NRC (National Research Council) and Psychology"
1952
1
62
"The Nature of Tonal Brightness"
1936
1
63
"Neural Events and the Psychophysical Law"
1970
1
64
"A Neural Quantum in Sensory Discrimination"
1972
1
65
"The New Harvard Psychological Laboratories"
1947
2
1
"On the Averaging of Data"
1955
2
2
"On the Brightness of Lights and the Loudness of Sounds"
1953
2
3
"On the Halving and Doubling the Loudness of White Noise"
2
4
"On Hearing by Electrical Stimulation"
1937
2
5
"On Measurement of Sensation"
1957
2
6
"On the Method of Bisection and its Relation to a Loudness Scale"
1937
2
7
"On the Nature of Aural Harmonics"
1936
2
8
"On the New Psychosis"
1960
2
9
"On the Operation Known as Judgment"
1966
2
10
"On the Pitch of Frequency-Modulated Tones"
1938
2
11
"On the Predicting Exponents for Cross-Modality Matches"
1969
2
12
"On the Problem of Scales for the Measurement of Psychological Magnitudes"
1939
2
13
"On the Psychophysical Law"
1957
2
14
"On the Theory of Scales and Measurement"
1946
2
15
"On the Uses of Poidilitic Functions"
1965
2
16
"On the Validity of the Loudness Scale"
1959
2
17
"The Operational Basis of Psychology"
2
18
"The Operational Definition of Psychological Concepts"
1935
2
19
"Operations or Words?"
1966
2
20
"Perceived Level of Noise by Mark VII and Decibels (E)"
1971
2
21
"Perceptual Magnitude and its Measurements"
1974
2
22
"The Phenomenon of Masking"
1935
2
23
"Pitch Discrimination, Mels and Kock's Contention"
1954
2
24
"Power-Group Transformations Under Glare, Masking, and Recruitment"
1966
2
25
"Premodulation Clipping in AM Voice Communication"
1947
2
26
"Problems and Methods of Psychophysics"
1958
2
27
"Procedure for Calculating Loudness: Mark VI"
1961
2
28
"A Psychological Scale of Weight and a Formula for Its Derivation"
1948
2
29
"Psychological Writing, Easy and Hard"
2
30
"Psychology: The Propaedeutic Science"
1936
2
31
"Psychology and the Science of Science"
2
32
"Psychophysics and the Measurement of Loudness"
1968
2
33
"The Psychophysics of Sensory Function"
1960-1961
2
34
"Psychophysics and Social Scaling"
1972
2
35
Psychophysics, Review
2
36
"Psychophysiological Acoustics: Pitch and Loudness"
1936
2
37
"The Psychophysiology of Hearing"
1936
2
38
"In Pursuit of the Sensory Law"
1962
2
39
"The Quantification of Sensation"
1959
2
40
"The Quantification of Tonal Volume"
1962
2
41
"Le Quantitatif et La Perception"
1968
2
42
"Quantifying the Sensory Experience"
2
43
"The Quantum of Sensory Discrimination"
1940
2
44
"Ratio Scales and Category Scales for a Dozen Perceptual Continua"
1957
2
45
"Ratio Scales of Opinion"
1968
2
46
"Ratio Scales, Partition Scales, and Confusion Scales"
1960
2
47
"Rectilinear Rectification Applied to Voltage Integration"
1942
2
48
"Regression Effect in Psychophysical Judgment"
1966
2
49
"Relation of Brightness to Duration and Luminance under Light and Dark Adaptations"
1964
2
50
"The Relation of Pitch to Frequency: A Revised Scale"
1940
2
51
"The Relation of Pitch to Intensity"
1934
2
52
"The Relation of Saturation to the Size of the Retinal Image"
1934
2
53
"Review of Das Ohr Als Nachrichtenempfanger"
1968
3
1
"Saturation of Red: A Prothetic Continuum"
1966
3
2
"A Scale of Apparent Intensity of Electric Shock"
1958
3
3
"A Scale for the Measurement of a Psychological Magnitude: Loudness"
1936
3
4
"A Scale for the Measurement of the Psychological Magnitude Pitch"
1937
3
5
"Scaling of Apparent Viscosity"
1964
3
6
Scaling of Saturation and Hue"
1966
3
7
"The Scaling of Subjective Roughness and Smoothness"
1962
3
8
"The Science of Noise"
1946
3
9
"Sensory Scales of Taste Intensity"
1969
3
10
"Sensory Power Functions and Neural Events"
3
11
"Sensory Transform Functions"
1962
3
12
The Ski & Me
1966
3
13
"Some Similarities between Hearing and Seeing"
1958
3
14
"El Sonido"
1973
3
15
"Stability of Human Performance under Intense Noise"
1972
3
16
"Subjective Hardness of Compliant Materials"
1964
3
17
"Subjective Intensity of Coffee Odor"
1960
3
18
"Subjective Scaling of Length and Area and the Matching of Length to Loudness and Brightness"
1963
3
19
"The Surprising Simplicity of Sensory Metrics"
1962
3
20
"A Switch for the Presentation of Electrically Generated Tonal Stimuli"
3
21
"Table Relating Phons and Sones"
3
22
"Tactile Vibration: Change of Exponent with Frequency"
1968
3
23
"Tactile Vibration: Dynamics of Sensory Intensity"
1959
3
24
"Theory of the Neural Quantum in the Discrimination of Loudness and Pitch"
1941
3
25
"Tonal Density"
1934
3
26
"Toward a Resolution of the Fechner-Thurstone Legacy"
1961
3
27
"Transfer Functions of the Skin and Muscle Senses"
1966
3
28
"Vision, Hearing and Aeronautical Design"
3
29
"Voice Level: Autophonic Scale, Perceived Loudness, and Effects of Sidetone"
1961
3
30
"The Volume and Intensity of Tones"
3
31
"Warmth and Cold: Dynamics of Sensory Intensity"
1960
General Materials
4
1
American Psychological Association, "Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards"
1960
4
2
Georg von Békésy, "The Ear"
4
3
Hallowell Davis and Douglas A. Ross, "Selection of Hearing Aids"
1945
4
4
Miguelina Guirao, "Perceived Vibration and the Loudness of Low-Frequency Tones"
1975
4
5
C. E. M. Hansel, "The Market for Miracles"
1967
4
6
Robert S. Harper, "The Laboratory of William James"
1949
4
7
Edwin B. Newman, "Steven's Operationism"
1973
4
8
Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory, Harvard University, Check-List of Reports
1945-1961
4
9
Symposium before the American Otological Society, Articles
1935
4
10
USA Standard
1968
4
11
Miscellaneous
1981