[Priming effects on the relation between concepts and their relative properties in semantic memory].
The relation between concepts and their relative properties in semantic memory was investigated through priming effects in lexical decision task. In experiment I, subjects were 18 university students, and the relative adjectives (small/large) were presented as prime stimuli, followed by target stimuli composed of eight names (four small and four large animals) and eight nonwords. In experiment II, 16 subjects, 12 names (three small and three large fruits, three small and three large animals) and 12 nonwords were randomly presented as target stimuli, and other conditions were the same as experiment I. The results of two experiments showed that priming effects occurred by the relative adjectives as prime stimuli and that those effects in experiment II occurred individually in two categories. These findings suggested that the values of the relative properties in each concept were reflected in the strength of the direct relatedness between the concept and its properties and that the relative determination of their values depended on the superordinate category of the concept.
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Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, Kyoto University.
D000328:Adult; D003210:Concept Formation; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D011578:Psycholinguistics; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011930:Reaction Time; D012660:Semantics