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Published on: January 29, 2020
[The proportion affect in affective priming: replication and evaluation of a theoretical explanation]
1Psychologisches Institut der Universität Bonn. jochen.musch@uni-bonn.de
Affective priming shows a list context effect at short stimulus onset asynchrony (SOA), unlike semantic priming. This effect is not explained by a simple matching mechanism, suggesting alternative theoretical frameworks like the Stroop paradigm.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Social Psychology
Context:
- Evaluative decision tasks
- Affective priming
- Semantic priming
- List context effect
- Stimulus onset asynchrony (SOA)
Purpose:
- Investigate the affective priming list context effect at short SOAs.
- Test the proposed matching mechanism explanation.
- Explore alternative theoretical frameworks for affective priming.
Summary:
- Replicated the consistency proportion effect at 0 ms SOA in affective priming.
- Recognition test results challenge the relatedness-checking mechanism.
- Affective priming may be better explained by the Stroop paradigm than semantic priming.
Impact:
- Challenges existing explanations of affective priming.
- Suggests a shift in theoretical frameworks for understanding affective priming.
- Provides empirical evidence on context effects in priming paradigms.
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