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Grammatical choice and affective experience in a second-language test

M Balaskó1, M Cabanac

  • 1Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Québec, Canada.

Neuropsychobiology
|July 2, 1998
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This study found that emotional responses influence second language grammar decisions. Participants chose sentence answers aligning with their strongest positive or negative feelings, showing a pleasure-seeking decision-making trend.

Area of Science:

  • Psycholinguistics
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Second Language Acquisition

Background:

  • Understanding the role of affect in cognitive processes is crucial.
  • Decision-making models often overlook the impact of emotional valence.
  • Second language learning involves complex cognitive and affective components.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the influence of affective experience on grammatical decision-making in a second language.
  • To test the hypothesis that affect is a key driver in decision-making.

Main Methods:

  • 12 subjects completed Questionnaire I, rating their affective experience while reading 50 French sentences (grammatically correct and incorrect).
  • Subjects then completed Questionnaire II, a multiple-choice grammar test on the same sentences, selecting correct or incorrect options.

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  • Response selection was correlated with reported affective ratings.

    • Main Results:

    • Subjects' choices (correct and incorrect grammar) corresponded with their highest affective ratings for each sentence.
    • Behavioral choices consistently deviated from chance, indicating a non-random decision-making process.
    • A clear trend emerged where subjects aimed to maximize pleasure in their responses.

    Conclusions:

    • Affective experience significantly guides grammatical decision-making in second language contexts.
    • The findings support the hypothesis that the affective dimension is central to conscious decision-making.
    • Emotional valence plays a critical role in navigating linguistic choices and learning.