A developmental study of the role of category information in word identification
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Elizabeth Carroll (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Garrett Lange
Abstract: The studies reported here were generated out of the hypothesis that category information about a word is initially activated prior to identification of the word. Three experiments investigated the role of category information in word identification by 3rd graders, 6th graders, and adults using a serial two-choice classification paradigm. Semantic properties of lists of words and target search instructions were varied to assess the facilitation of the categorical homogeneity of the nontarget words on target word identification. Experiments 1 and 2 required subjects to identify words as exemplars or not of a predefined category as soon as possible. The target words were in lists of categorically homogeneous and categorically heterogeneous nontarget words. Nontarget categories were different from target categories.
A developmental study of the role of category information in word identification
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 1986
- Subjects
- Word recognition $x Testing
- Psychological tests