--- abstract: "The objective of the research was to verify a\r\npostulate of a theory of mind processes. The\r\npostulate stated that the mediating process of the\r\nmind processes comprises of diffusion, absorption,\r\nand assimilation through bursts of information. The\r\ndata were obtained from videotaped sessions. The\r\nnumber of subjects was 78. Reliability of\r\nobservation was assessed with the help of the\r\ncoefficients of determination and alienation in\r\ncomparison with the randomized variables. The proper\r\nanalysis device was conditional probability.\r\nPatterns occurred that enabled to indicate that\r\ndiffusion, absorption, and assimilation are real\r\nprocesses between other mind processes; such as the\r\ninitial form, the mental shape, the mindy, and the\r\nconfiguration. Thus the postulate has a high\r\nprobability of verification that makes it needless to\r\npatch the wholes of the preliminary theory,\r\nlogically. The next phase is to find out the\r\nassociations of the entire preliminary construction\r\nor the 8 processes with adult data.\r\n" altloc: [] chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: - postmaster@rjl.pp.fi creators_name: - family: Laasonen given: 'Raimo Juhani ' honourific: Ed.D lineage: '' date: 1999 date_type: completed datestamp: 2007-10-15 11:33:35 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/57/52 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: [] eprint_status: archive eprintid: 5752 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/5752/1/Postulate_test.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: unpub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: "diffusion, absorption, assimilation,\r\nconditional, biconditional, mind processes." lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:58 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: ~ pagerange: ~ pubdom: TRUE publication: ~ publisher: ~ refereed: FALSE referencetext: "Laasonen, R. J. (1996). One preliminary theory\r\nof mind processes. Unpublished manuscript." relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 24 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2007-10-15 11:33:35 subjects: - cog-psy succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: "An Empirical Test of a Postulate of a Mediating\r\nProcess between Mind Processes" type: other userid: 419 volume: ~