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  • Psychology
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Psycholinguistics

Background:

  • The subordinate bias effect in word recognition has been debated, with questions raised about the validity of stimulus sets used in prior research.
  • Specifically, Kellas and Vu (1999) questioned the exclusion criteria of the Kellas et al. (1995) stimulus set.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To further document the criteria used for excluding items from the Kellas et al. (1995) stimulus set.
  • To address the role of local versus published norms in lexical research.
  • To re-evaluate the strength of context in relation to the subordinate bias effect.

Main Methods:

  • Detailed documentation of stimulus exclusion criteria.
  • Analysis of local versus published norms.
  • Comparison of context strength in the Kellas et al. (1995) study with earlier research.

Main Results:

  • The stimulus set employed by Kellas et al. (1995) is considered problematic due to specific exclusion criteria.
  • The contexts used in Kellas et al. (1995) were not stronger than those in previous studies that established the subordinate bias effect.
  • The finding that context does not eliminate the subordinate bias effect is reaffirmed.

Conclusions:

  • The criteria for stimulus exclusion in lexical research are crucial for study validity.
  • The subordinate bias effect persists even with contexts comparable to those in foundational studies.
  • The validity of the finding that context does not eliminate the subordinate bias effect is supported.