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doi:10.4992/jjpsy.46.305

INTRA- AND INTER-CATEGORY SEMANTIC-MEANING EFFECTS OF RESPONSE WORD TO JUDGMENT PROCESS

KIJUN ODA

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1976 Volume 46 Issue 6 Pages 305-315

DOI https://doi.org/10.4992/jjpsy.46.305

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Published: March 31, 1976 Received: June 02, 1975 Available on J-STAGE: July 16, 2010 Accepted: - Advance online publication: - Revised: -
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Date of correction: July 16, 2010 Reason for correction: - Correction: ABSTRACT Details: Wrong : This study investigated the semantic-meaning effects of response words on judgment process. 41 5-category scales 5B_i(i=1, 2, …, 41) (ordinal scales) were constructed from 15 response words W_k(k=1, 2, …, 15) (Table 3), and each subject judged the length of 14 horizontal lines, using one of these scales.
Based on our previous experimental results (Tables 1 and 2 in Oda, 1975b), a model of “n-category scale” (ordinal scale) was proposed which included the following 4 hypotheses.
(1) Equal interval between two adjacent categories;
(2) The intra-scale position effect of categories;
(3) The intra-categoy semantic-meaning effect of response words;
(4) The inter-category semantic-meaning effect of response words.
Main results were as follows:
(A) Strong linear relation was observed between the scale value v_ij(E) (v_ij(E)=j=1, 2, …, 5) and the mean length m_ij (j=1, 2, …, 5) of lines that were classified into the category C_j. This result shows that the subjects used the 5-category scale B_i (ordinal scale) as an interval scale.
(B) The lines classified into the category C_j were in the mean significantly shorter than those classified into the category C_j′ where j<j′; i.e., m_ij<m_ij′ (j<j′). This inequality shows the intra-scale position effect of categories.
(C) Significant difference in length was found between the lines classified into the category C_j with response word W_k (with the strength of semantic-meaning R_k) and the lines classified into a different category C_j′ (j<j′) with the same response word W_k; i.e., M_j(W_k)<M_j′(W_k) (j<j′) This ordinal relation was called the intercategory semantic-meaning effect of response words.
(D) The ordinal relation of length between the lines classified into the category C_j with response word W_k (with the strength of semantic-meaning R_k) and the lines classified into the same category C_j with different response word W_k′ (with the strength of semantic-meaning R_k′, where W_R<W_k′) was as follows: M_j(W_k)<M_j(W_k′) (W_k<W_k′). But the difference (M_j(W_k′)-M_j(W_k), j=1, 2, …, 5, k=1, 2, …, 15) was not always significant. The inequality shows the intra-category semantic-meaning effect of response words.
The above results suggest that the intercategory semantic-meaning effect of response words or the intra-scale position effect of categories is one of the most important factors in judgment process based on category scales.
Right : The semantic-meaning effects of response words on judgment process were investigated. 41 5-category scales (ordinal scales) were used and the Ss judged the length of 14 horizontal lines. The following hypotheses were tested: (a) Equal interval between 2 adjacent categories, (b) the intra-scale position effect of category, (c) the intra-category semantic-meaning effect of response word, and (d) the inter-category semantic-meaning effect of response word. The results agreed fairly well with the hypotheses. The inter-category semantic-meaning effect of response word was stronger than the intra-category semantic-meaning effect.

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The semantic-meaning effects of response words on judgment process were investigated. 41 5-category scales (ordinal scales) were used and the Ss judged the length of 14 horizontal lines. The following hypotheses were tested: (a) Equal interval between 2 adjacent categories, (b) the intra-scale position effect of category, (c) the intra-category semantic-meaning effect of response word, and (d) the inter-category semantic-meaning effect of response word. The results agreed fairly well with the hypotheses. The inter-category semantic-meaning effect of response word was stronger than the intra-category semantic-meaning effect.

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