WORD ASSOCIATION TEST Experiment No. 2

NAME: CRISELLE M. MACASPAC SCORE:
DAY/TIME: W 7:30-4:30 DATE:

TITLE: Word Association Test
ABSTRACT:
The formation of word association and perceptual defense aim to measure signs of emotional complexes and to be able to identify the degree of threshold for each selected stimulus. The apparatus needed were paper, pencil and ninety-nine (99) stimulus words. For the procedure, the experiment has 1 phase: determination of association reaction time and the measurement of recognition thresholds. Ninety-nine carefully chosen words were presented one at a time. The experiment concludes that there were different signs of emotional complexes and different degree of threshold for …show more content…
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