新情報の既有知識への取り込み過程に関する研究 : プライミング・パラダイムによる検討

抄録

This experiment was conducted to investigate the incorporation processes of new words into preexisting knowledge structure. University students studied new but unfamiliar words. Half of them studied the to-be-remembered words accompanied by category names and two attributes, while the remaining half studied those accompanied by three attributes. In the test phase of the experiment, the subjects made a lexical decision to each new word. A semantic priming effect was obtained in the 45s study time condition with the category name provided and an SOA of 1000ms. Providing category names facilitated the learning of the materials further affected by study time. The results were discussed in terms of the spreading activation theory, automatic and conscious processes, indicating that new words were processed consciously in the earlier phases of incorporation.