Caudle F M
Department of Psychology, Sociology and Anthropology, College of Staten Island, City University of New York 10301.
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1983;412:19-55. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1983.tb47336.x.
This paper explores aspects of the role that laboratory instruments have played in establishing psychology as a science. Comparisons of earlier instruments with their more modern counterparts indicate that many problems and methods still of interest today were explored in the laboratories of psychology's pioneers. Such continuities are noted for apparatus employed in the study of reaction time, studies of auditory and visual processes, motor skills, and learning. Several examples are noted of instruments no longer in use, and a discussion is provided of ways in which instruments themselves may influence the outcome of experimental research.
本文探讨了实验室仪器在将心理学确立为一门科学的过程中所发挥的作用。将早期仪器与其现代同类仪器进行比较表明，许多至今仍令人感兴趣的问题和方法在心理学先驱者的实验室中就已得到探索。在反应时间研究、听觉和视觉过程研究、运动技能研究及学习研究中所使用的仪器方面都体现出了这种连续性。文中列举了一些已不再使用的仪器实例，并讨论了仪器本身可能影响实验研究结果的方式。
