The Relationship Between Word Association and Grammatical Classes in Aphasia

1966 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 529-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joyce W. Sefer ◽  
Ernest H. Henrikson
Keyword(s):  
Word Association ◽  
General Pattern ◽  
Lower Number ◽  
Association Test ◽  
Word Association Test ◽  
Part Of Speech ◽  
Association Behavior ◽  
The Relationship

A word association test consisting of five each of nouns, adjectives, adverbs, verbs, and prepositions was administered orally to fifty aphasic and fifty nonaphasic patients. Associations were scored homogeneous (same part of speech as the stimulus) or heterogeneous (not the same part of speech as the stimulus). Aphasics gave the same proportion of homogeneous responses to each part of speech as nonaphasics, although aphasics gave a significantly smaller total number of homogeneous responses. Syntagmatic (completion) responses and paradigmatic (same part of speech) responses were negatively correlated in both groups. It was concluded that (1) aphasics show a significantly lower number of homogeneous responses than nonaphasics; (2) aphasic word association behavior follows the same general pattern of variance by part-of-speech as that of nonaphasics; (3) syntagmatic and paradigmatic responses are negatively correlated in both aphasics and nonaphasics.

Eye Movements, Attention and Dreaming in Subjects with Lifelong Blindness*

1966 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 501-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Amadeo ◽  
Evaristo Gomez
Keyword(s):  
Eye Movements ◽  
Word Association ◽  
Sleep Stage ◽  
General Pattern ◽  
Association Test ◽  
Word Association Test ◽  
Stage 1 ◽  
The Relationship

This study was carried out for two purposes: 1) to determine whether subjects with lifelong blindness will demonstrate increases in REM rate during states of heightened attention; 2) to investigate patterns of eye movements in the sleep of subjects wich lifelong blindness. REM rates in three subjects were compared under two conditions: rest and states of ‘heightened attention. The latter was secured in the context of a word association test. The results showed a greater than twofold increased in REM rate during attention as compared to rest, lending support to Amadeo & Shagass’ previous findings on normally sighted subjects. Seven out of eight subjects had REMs during their cyclically recurring EOG sleep Stage 1. The general pattern of electro-oculographic activity during sleep was described; compared to the EOG patterns already described in normally sighted subjects, we found differences in terms of over-all EOG configuration, REM frequency, amplitude and conjugateness. The relevance of our combined findings to current hypotheses concerning the relationship between REMs and dreaming was discussed.

Can Implicit Associative Responses Be Measured by Word Association Tests?

1968 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 921-925 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Jung ◽  
Sonya Weber
Keyword(s):  
Time Pressure ◽  
Word Association ◽  
Association Test ◽  
Word Associations ◽  
Association Tests ◽  
Word Association Test ◽  
Administrative Procedures ◽  
The Relationship

The number of superordinate responses on a categorized word association test was lower when stimulus words from each category were presented in blocks or when there was no time pressure for responding. Both findings illustrate the susceptibility of word associations to the influence of variations in administrative procedures. The results are discussed in terms of their implications for the relationship between overt word-association-test responses and implicit associative responses.

Relationships between Verbal and Nonverbal Fluency Measures: Implications for Assessment of Executive Functioning

1997 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 443-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
George J. Demakis ◽  
David W. Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Word Association ◽  
Association Test ◽  
Executive Processes ◽  
Free Condition ◽  
Word Association Test ◽  
Design Fluency ◽  
Ruff Figural Fluency Test ◽  
Figural Fluency ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Fluency Test

This experiment evaluated the relationship between verbal and nonverbal fluency measures commonly employed in neuropsychological assessment. Three fluency measures, the Controlled Oral Word Association Test, the Design Fluency Test, and the Ruff Figural Fluency Test, were administered to a sample of 61 men and 73 women in college Analyses indicated that scores on the Controlled Oral Word Association Test were significantly correlated with scores on the Fixed but not the Free Condition of the Design Fluency Test. Scores on the Ruff test were significantly more closely correlated with the Fixed versus the Free Condition, although they were also correlated with the total scores on the Design Fluency Test. Differential correlations are discussed in terms of the varying structure inherent in the measures of fluency and their presumed taxing of frontally mediated executive processes.

Word Associations to Homonymic and Neutral Stimuli as a Function of Aggressiveness

1967 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 351-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herb M. Simpson ◽  
Kenneth D. Craig
Keyword(s):  
Word Association ◽  
Personality Characteristic ◽  
Neutral Stimulus ◽  
Association Test ◽  
Word Associations ◽  
Situational Cues ◽  
Word Association Test ◽  
Theoretical Position ◽  
Extreme Groups ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between the personality characteristic of aggression and word associations was investigated. Extreme groups of 20 aggressive (A) and 20 non-aggressive (NA) Ss were selected from a pool of 180 on the basis of their scores on four subscales of the Buss-Durkee Hostility-Guilt Inventory and were subsequently administered a word association test. The test contained neutral stimulus items as well as 12 homonyms, which had both an A and NA meaning. Results showed that A Ss exceeded the NA Ss in the aggressive content of their associations to the homonyms. There was no difference, however, in the aggressive content of the A and NA Ss' responses to the neutral stimuli. The results were interpreted as support for the theoretical position that aggression is a response to specific situational cues.

Controlled Oral Word Association Test

1983 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. L. Benton ◽  
de S. K. Hamsher ◽  
A. B. Sivan
Keyword(s):  
Word Association ◽  
Association Test ◽  
Word Association Test

Differences in Reaction Times of Extraverts and Introverts to Rapaport's Word Association Test

1979 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kunio Shiomi
Keyword(s):  
Defense Mechanisms ◽  
Word Association ◽  
Reaction Times ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Association Test ◽  
Word Association Test ◽  
Positive Correlations

For 40 Japanese undergraduates reaction times to the Rapa-port Word Association Test were recorded. Significant negative correlations were obtained between reaction times and Extraversion scores on the Maudsley Personality Inventory, but positive correlations with Neuroticism scores were obtained. These results were discussed in terms of the defense mechanisms of the ego and differences in types of personality.

Three-Year Stability of Certain Word-Association Indices

1978 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. F. W. Preece
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Word Association ◽  
Association Test ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Word Association Test ◽  
The Mean

Substantial test-retest stability of individual differences in indices of response availability and overlap in a continued word-association test was found over an interval of 3 yr. An increase in the mean values of the indices over the 3-yr. period for 20 subjects initially aged 12 yr. was confirmed.

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