Vezmar, Nika.
(2017).
Free association norms for a sample of Croatian words.
Diploma Thesis. Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu, Department of Psychology.
(Podaci nastali u ovom radu dostupni su u Hrvatskom arhivu podataka na adresi http://doi.org/10.23669/8PRGWT)
[mentor Vranić, Andrea].
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to study the associative structure of words for Croatian language
speakers by creating free association norms for the Croatian language. We collected associations
for 700 Croatian words using the discrete association method. A total of 971 Croatian language
speakers, older than 18, participated in the study. Each participant was presented with 100 cue
words and instructed to give one association for each cue word. The answers were lemmatized
and normalized. On average, each stimulus was normed 137 times. For each stimulus-response
pair, the forward (cue-to-target) associative strength (FAS) was calculated. The collected
associations, combined with the calculated FAS, form a weighted directed graph that outlines
the associative structure of the words. The graph contains 3113 unique words and 11215 direct
edges between them. In addition to the FAS, the backward (BAS), mediated (MAS) and
overlapping (OAS) strengths were calculated for each word pair. Additionally, the following
information is included: whether the target word is normed, the number of participants that
normed the cue, and the total number of different associations of that cue. The constructed
norms are applicable in various subfields of psychology - primarily cognitive psychology and
psycholinguistics. The probabilities of individual responses collected in the free association task
are significant in explaining memory retrieval mechanisms and in predicting performance in
various memory-related tasks, such as in false memory tasks. In this latter context, the norms
can be used to construct word lists in the DRM paradigm.
| Item Type: |
Diploma Thesis
|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
associative structure, free association task, associative strength, Croatian language,norms |
| Subjects: |
Psychology > Kognitivna psihologija |
| Departments: |
Department of Psychology |
| Supervisor: |
Vranić, Andrea |
| Additional Information: |
Podaci nastali u ovom radu dostupni su u Hrvatskom arhivu podataka na adresi http://doi.org/10.23669/8PRGWT |
| Date Deposited: |
07 Feb 2018 15:50 |
| Last Modified: |
28 Aug 2019 14:23 |
| URI: |
http://darhiv.ffzg.unizg.hr/id/eprint/9487 |
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