Experimental Paper Word Association Test
Experiment No. 1
Word Association Test
Objective
This experiment aims to determine which type of association test (the free association or the partially controlled association test) will elicit a shorter reaction time and that which will elicit more response word.
Review of Related Literature
Read (1993) distinguished three types associations on the basis of “preliminary drafting of items”: (a) paradigmatic (“The two words are synonyms or at least similar in meaning, perhaps with one being more general than the other”); (b) syntagmatic (“The two words are collocates that often occur together in a sentence”); (c) (“The associate represents one aspect, or component, of the meaning of the stimulus word and is likely to form part of its dictionary definition.” Also, Read made one of the most striking studies made in the word association test which states that “One of the basic findings is that native speakers have remarkably stable patterns of word association, which can be taken to reflect the sophisticated lexical and semantic networks that they have developed through their acquisition of the language. On the other hand, second language learners produce associations that are much more diverse and unstable; often their responses are based on purely phonological, rather than semantic, links with the stimulus words.”
According to Miller (1996) word associations show the familiarity effect: responses are faster to familiar words and if a word has been presented before, it takes a shorter time to respond to that word.
Apparatus Watch with second hand. Set I. Free association test consisting of 60 stimulus words. Set II. Free association test word test consisting of 15 stimulus words. Procedure Divide the class into groups of three students each. Each member of the group takes turn at being the experimenter, the recorder, and the subject. Administer the sets of word association tests to the subject in the following manner:
Set I Present the stimulus word to
Word Association Test
Objective
This experiment aims to determine which type of association test (the free association or the partially controlled association test) will elicit a shorter reaction time and that which will elicit more response word.
Review of Related Literature
Read (1993) distinguished three types associations on the basis of “preliminary drafting of items”: (a) paradigmatic (“The two words are synonyms or at least similar in meaning, perhaps with one being more general than the other”); (b) syntagmatic (“The two words are collocates that often occur together in a sentence”); (c) (“The associate represents one aspect, or component, of the meaning of the stimulus word and is likely to form part of its dictionary definition.” Also, Read made one of the most striking studies made in the word association test which states that “One of the basic findings is that native speakers have remarkably stable patterns of word association, which can be taken to reflect the sophisticated lexical and semantic networks that they have developed through their acquisition of the language. On the other hand, second language learners produce associations that are much more diverse and unstable; often their responses are based on purely phonological, rather than semantic, links with the stimulus words.”
According to Miller (1996) word associations show the familiarity effect: responses are faster to familiar words and if a word has been presented before, it takes a shorter time to respond to that word.
Apparatus Watch with second hand. Set I. Free association test consisting of 60 stimulus words. Set II. Free association test word test consisting of 15 stimulus words. Procedure Divide the class into groups of three students each. Each member of the group takes turn at being the experimenter, the recorder, and the subject. Administer the sets of word association tests to the subject in the following manner:
Set I Present the stimulus word to
References: Winer, R. (2005). NeuroCare USA. In Jung’s word association test with correlation from a clinical case