Perceptual and preferential discrimination abilities in taste tests

Article Abstract:

We investigated the relation between perceptual and preferential discriminative ability in taste tests, using a convergence of methods to construct measures of ability. A sample of 175 respondents participated in a taste test of tomatoes. The sample included graduate students, university staff members, high school teachers, and army trainees. Results indicate (a) that perceptual and preferential discriminative abilities are related but they do not precondition each other; (b) that only 16% of the respondents were good discriminators in both perception and preference, 24% were perceptual discriminators, and 42% were preferential discriminators; and (c) that discriminators and nondiscriminators exhibit different preferences. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Research, Food, Consumer preferences, Tomatoes, Sensory evaluation, Psychology, Applied, Applied psychology

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The judge as a mediator

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The effects that judges' mediations - the number of techniques used and their assertiveness - are perceived to have upon the out-of-court settlement of civil cases were examined. In the first study (a nationwide survey), 900 state judges read a civil case in which the number of mediation techniques (2 vs. 10) and the assertiveness of the techniques (assertive vs. nonassertive) were manipulated. Respondents' (71% response rate) data revealed that the perceived probability of settlement increased as more techniques were used and as the techniques used became more assertive. The second study - of one judge's mediations for one year (257 cases) - corroborated these findings. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Psychological aspects, Compromise and settlement, Settlements (Law), Judges, Negotiation, mediation and arbitration, Mediation

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