S. S. Stevens papers,

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1 Overview of the Collection Creator Stevens, S. S. (Stanley Smith), Title S. S. Stevens papers Dates (inclusive) Quantity 1.75 linear feet Collection Number Accn1888 Summary The Stanley Smith ("Smitty") Stevens papers ( ) contain biographical information, articles, and other publications. Stevens ( ) 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 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. Repository University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library University of Utah 295 South 1500 East Salt Lake City, UT Telephone: SPCreference@lists.utah.edu Access Restrictions Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law. Languages English Biographical Note Stanley Smith ("Smitty") Stevens ( ) 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 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. 1

2 Content Description The Stanley Smith Stevens papers ( ) contain biographical information, articles, and other publications. Use of the Collection Restrictions on Use It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the S. S. Stevens papers must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator. Preferred Citation Initial Citation: S. S. Stevens papers, Accn 1888, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah. Following Citations: Accn Administrative Information Acquisition Information Gift of Geraldine Stevens in Processing Note Processed by Kate Kimball in Detailed Description of the Collection Biographical Information and Articles, A-N, Box1 Box 1 Folder 2

3 1 Autobiographical Essay and Biographical Information 2 "Adaptation Level vs. The Relativity of Judgment" "The Apparent Reduction of Loudness" "The Attributes of Tones" "The Auditory Input-Output Function" 6 "The Basis of Psychophysical Judgments" "Binaural Summation of Loudness" "Biological Transducers" 9 "Brightness Function: Effects of Adaptation" "Calculating Loudness" "Calculation of the Loudness of Complex Noise" "The Calculation of the Loudness of Noise" "Calculating the Perceived Level of Light and Sound" "Cardiac Acceleration in Emotional Situations" "A Classification of Scales of Measurement" 16 "Concerning the Form of the Loudness Function" "Concerning the Measurement of Brightness" "Concerning the Psychophysical Power Law" "Cross-Modality Matching of Brightness to Loudness by 5 yr. Olds" 20 "Cross-Modality Validation of Subjective Scales for Loudness, Vibration, and Electric Shock"

4 21 "Critical Band Width in Loudness Summation" "Decibels of Light and Sound" "A Demonstration of Positive and Negative Visual After-Images" 24 "The Development of Recorded Auditory Tests for Measuring Loss for Speech" "The Direct Estimation of Sensory Magnitudes--Loudness" "Duration, Luminance, and the Brightness Exponent" "The Dynamics of Subjective Warmth and Cold" "Effect of Glare Angle on the Brightness Function for a Small Target" 29 "The Emotional Responses: Changes of Heart-Rate in a Gun- Shy Dog" "The Estimation of Loudness by Unpracticed Observers" "Factors in the Production of Aural Harmonics and Combination Tones" 32 "Finger Span: Ratio Scale, Category Scale, and Just Noticeable Difference (JND) Scale 33 "Growth of Sensation on Seven Continua as Measured by Force of Handgrip" Handbook of Experimental Psychology "To Honor Fechner and Repeal His Law" "Intensity Functions in Sensory Systems" "Introduction: A Definition of Communication" "Issues in Psychophysical Measurement" "Is There a Quantal Threshold?"

5 40 "The Localization of Actual Sources of Sound" "The Localization of Pitch Perception on the Basilar Membrane" "The Localization of Pure Tones" "Loudness Functions Under Inhibition" "Loudness: A Product of Volume Times Density" "Loudness, Reciprocality, and Partition Scales" "Machines Cannot Fight Alone" "The Masking of Pure Tones and of Speech by White Noise" "Masking and Sensory Dynamics" "The Masking of Speech by Sine Waves, Square Waves, and Regular and Modulated Pulses" 50 "Matching Functions between Loudness and Ten Other Continua" "Measurement of Auditory Density" "The Measurement of Loudness" "Measurement and Man" "Measurement, Psychophysics, and Utility" "Measurement and Social Science" 56 "Measurement, Statistics, and the Schemapiric View" "A Mechanical Correlator" "The Mechanism of Hearing by Electrical Stimulation" "Methods Measuring Speech Spectra"

6 60 "A Metric for the Social Consensus" "The NAS- NRC (National Research Council) and Psychology" "The Nature of Tonal Brightness" "Neural Events and the Psychophysical Law" "A Neural Quantum in Sensory Discrimination" "The New Harvard Psychological Laboratories" 1947 Articles, O-R, Box2 Box 2 Folder 1 "On the Averaging of Data" "On the Brightness of Lights and the Loudness of Sounds" "On the Halving and Doubling the Loudness of White Noise" 4 "On Hearing by Electrical Stimulation" "On Measurement of Sensation" "On the Method of Bisection and its Relation to a Loudness Scale" "On the Nature of Aural Harmonics" "On the New Psychosis" "On the Operation Known as Judgment"

7 10 "On the Pitch of Frequency-Modulated Tones" "On the Predicting Exponents for Cross-Modality Matches" "On the Problem of Scales for the Measurement of Psychological Magnitudes" "On the Psychophysical Law" "On the Theory of Scales and Measurement" "On the Uses of Poidilitic Functions" "On the Validity of the Loudness Scale" "The Operational Basis of Psychology" 18 "The Operational Definition of Psychological Concepts" "Operations or Words?" "Perceived Level of Noise by Mark VII and Decibels (E)" "Perceptual Magnitude and its Measurements" "The Phenomenon of Masking" "Pitch Discrimination, Mels and Kock's Contention" "Power-Group Transformations Under Glare, Masking, and Recruitment" "Premodulation Clipping in AM Voice Communication" "Problems and Methods of Psychophysics" "Procedure for Calculating Loudness: Mark VI" "A Psychological Scale of Weight and a Formula for Its Derivation" "Psychological Writing, Easy and Hard" 7

8 30 "Psychology: The Propaedeutic Science" "Psychology and the Science of Science" 32 "Psychophysics and the Measurement of Loudness" "The Psychophysics of Sensory Function" "Psychophysics and Social Scaling" Psychophysics, Review 36 "Psychophysiological Acoustics: Pitch and Loudness" "The Psychophysiology of Hearing" "In Pursuit of the Sensory Law" "The Quantification of Sensation" "The Quantification of Tonal Volume" "Le Quantitatif et La Perception" "Quantifying the Sensory Experience" 43 "The Quantum of Sensory Discrimination" "Ratio Scales and Category Scales for a Dozen Perceptual Continua" "Ratio Scales of Opinion" "Ratio Scales, Partition Scales, and Confusion Scales" "Rectilinear Rectification Applied to Voltage Integration" "Regression Effect in Psychophysical Judgment" "Relation of Brightness to Duration and Luminance under Light and Dark Adaptations"

9 50 "The Relation of Pitch to Frequency: A Revised Scale" "The Relation of Pitch to Intensity" "The Relation of Saturation to the Size of the Retinal Image" "Review of Das Ohr Als Nachrichtenempfanger" 1968 Articles, S-W, Box3 Box 3 Folder 1 "Saturation of Red: A Prothetic Continuum" "A Scale of Apparent Intensity of Electric Shock" "A Scale for the Measurement of a Psychological Magnitude: Loudness" 4 "A Scale for the Measurement of the Psychological Magnitude Pitch" "Scaling of Apparent Viscosity" Scaling of Saturation and Hue" "The Scaling of Subjective Roughness and Smoothness" "The Science of Noise" "Sensory Scales of Taste Intensity" "Sensory Power Functions and Neural Events" 9

10 11 "Sensory Transform Functions" The Ski & Me "Some Similarities between Hearing and Seeing" "El Sonido" "Stability of Human Performance under Intense Noise" "Subjective Hardness of Compliant Materials" "Subjective Intensity of Coffee Odor" "Subjective Scaling of Length and Area and the Matching of Length to Loudness and Brightness" "The Surprising Simplicity of Sensory Metrics" "A Switch for the Presentation of Electrically Generated Tonal Stimuli" 21 "Table Relating Phons and Sones" 22 "Tactile Vibration: Change of Exponent with Frequency" "Tactile Vibration: Dynamics of Sensory Intensity" "Theory of the Neural Quantum in the Discrimination of Loudness and Pitch" "Tonal Density" "Toward a Resolution of the Fechner-Thurstone Legacy" "Transfer Functions of the Skin and Muscle Senses" "Vision, Hearing and Aeronautical Design" 29 "Voice Level: Autophonic Scale, Perceived Loudness, and Effects of Sidetone"

11 30 "The Volume and Intensity of Tones" 31 "Warmth and Cold: Dynamics of Sensory Intensity" 1960 General Materials, Box4 Box 4 Folder 1 American Psychological Association, "Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards" Georg von Békésy, "The Ear" 3 Hallowell Davis and Douglas A. Ross, "Selection of Hearing Aids" 4 Miguelina Guirao, "Perceived Vibration and the Loudness of Low-Frequency Tones" C. E. M. Hansel, "The Market for Miracles" Robert S. Harper, "The Laboratory of William James" Edwin B. Newman, "Steven's Operationism" Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory, Harvard University, Check-List of Reports Symposium before the American Otological Society, Articles USA Standard Miscellaneous

12 Names and Subjects Subject Terms : Psychophysics--Sources Psychophysiology--Sources Senses and sensation--sources Personal Names : Stevens, S. S. (Stanley Smith), Archives Form or Genre Terms : Articles Finding aid created by Kate Kimball About Creative Commons Licenses in Archives West: