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Test of Response Bias Explanation of Word-Frequency Effect

Science · 1961 · 25 citations · 6 references

Concepts

Social SciencesBehavioral SciencesPsychologyCognitive PsychologyExperimental PsychologyPsycholinguisticsAuditory DiscriminationHigh-frequency WordsNoise PerceptionSpeech PerceptionSpeech Perception In NoiseWord Frequency EffectsFrequency DiscriminationMonosyllabic Word TestingResponse Bias AnalysisResponse Bias AssessmentResponse Bias ReductionWord Recognition In Noise

Abstract

Observers identified monosyllabic words presented in noise. It was found that controlling response bias eliminates the word-frequency effect. However, the magnitude of the word-frequency effect was greater than that predicted by a mathematical model denying stimulus words any role in producing the word-frequency effect.

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Medicine, Psychology, Vision Science +7

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Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +10

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Language Studies, Linguistics, Psychology +8

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Mark R. Rosenzweig, Leo Postman · Science · 1958 · 35 citations

Language Studies, Linguistics, Psychology +5