title: Originality and perceptual set: comparative study of Hungarians and Americans.
abstract: 208 Hungarian and 200 American college adults were administered Sounds and Images. The criterion for breaking away from perceptual set was the production of non-sound images given sound stimuli. In response to four sounds presented three times, the greatest number of non-sound images was produced to the second and fourth sound stimuli by all subjects; Hungarians produced more non-sound images to the second and Americans to the fourth stimulus. Further, Americans produced a significantly greater number of non-sound images than Hungarians.
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003405:Creativity; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D007092:Imagination; D008297:Male; D014481:United States; D014705:Verbal Behavior