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MEANING MEDIATION IN VERBAL TRANSFER
Author(s) -
KANUNGO R.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1967.tb01074.x
Subject(s) - synonym (taxonomy) , psychology , meaning (existential) , mediation , associative property , associative learning , negative transfer , relation (database) , linguistics , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , philosophy , mathematics , first language , botany , database , political science , computer science , pure mathematics , law , psychotherapist , biology , genus
The role of synonymity and antonymity as mediators in verbal transfer in the absence of any confounding effects of associative connexions was studied. Using an A—B, A—B', A—B paradigm, subjects learned under three different conditions in each of which B and B had least pre‐laboratory associative connexions. In a control condition, B and B ′ were semantically unrelated and, in the other two experimental conditions, B and B ′ had either synonym or antonym relation. Results suggest that implicit meaning reaction alone can mediate verbal learning. Positive and negative transfer effects were obtained in the synonym and antonym condition respectively. Such mediational effects were more pronounced in fast than slow learners.