EFFECTS OF SURNAME FAMILIARITY ON RECALL

The effects of the familiarity of surnames and words on recall of surnames-words differently prompted, either by a "surname" label or by pairing surname with name were examined. It was found that in a between-subjects design the familiarity of surnames that were non-words showed positive e...

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Published inStudia psychologica Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 35 - 49
Main Authors Kolic-Vehovec, Svjetlana, Arar, Ljiljana
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bratislava Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences 01.01.2005
Subjects
Associative Processes
Context Clues
Familiarity
Names
Nonsense Words
Occupations
Onomastics
Product recalls
Recall
Research Design
Words
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ISSN0039-3320
2585-8815

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Summary:The effects of the familiarity of surnames and words on recall of surnames-words differently prompted, either by a "surname" label or by pairing surname with name were examined. It was found that in a between-subjects design the familiarity of surnames that were non-words showed positive effects on recall when surnames were prompted by the "surname" label. The familiarity of surnames that were words influenced recall positively only in a within-subjects design. When a surname was prompted by a "surname" label, a combined effect of familiarity of items as surnames and as words on surname recall was obtained. When first names were added to surnames, the familiarity of the surnames was a more important factor in recall than familiarity of words. We conclude that the effects of the familiarity of surnames and words on recall of surname-words might be due to the surname context as well as to the type of the experimental design. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
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ISSN:0039-3320
2585-8815