The Difference Between Written Words and the Linkage with the Image Recall

Abstract

This experiment started to find the answer to the question like ‘There might be a common stereotype image when people think of a certain object’. In the experiment three different types of character expression (Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana) for ‘chair’ were shown to the object. The object was to sketch the first image brought up when they heard of the word. Through the experiment it was able to find how Japanese think of the object based on their use experience in past. From the result of the experiment most of the Japanese regard the shape of the chair from past memory of early learning period. On the other hand experience of using certain shape of the chair during school years have affected bringing stereotype image up of the object.