In:
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, SAGE Publications, Vol. 31, No. 4 ( 1979-11), p. 599-607
Abstract:
An experiment was performed to test the hypothesis that the effect of category name priming on anagram solving varies with the strength of the relationship between the solution word and the priming category. Subjects solved anagrams of taxonomic category instances under primed or unprimed conditions. In the primed condition, the name of the taxonomic category from which the solution word was chosen was provided on each trial. Priming was shown to facilitate anagram solution and the extent of this facilitation was directly related to the instance dominance of the solution word in the priming category. The results were discussed in terms of current models of semantic memory.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0033-555X
DOI:
10.1080/14640747908400751
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
1979
SSG:
5,2