成年人对词语的体验如何随着时间的推移而变化:韦斯莱人词语体验项目的五年见解
Barbara J Juhasz1, Grace Devanny2, Abby Frankenberg2
1Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 06459, USA. bjuhasz@wesleyan.edu.
Behavior research methods
|July 28, 2025
概括
这项为期5年的研究追踪了1000多名学生的词熟悉度和获取年龄 (AoA). 研究人员确定了63个词,显示基于经验的词汇变化,展示了语言如何随着时间的推移而演变.
科学领域:
- 心理语言学 心理语言学
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 词汇语义上的语义学 词汇语义上的语义学
背景情况:
- 了解词的感知和使用如何演变在心理语言学中至关重要.
- 纵向研究对于跟踪语言学习和熟悉程度的动态变化至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查词熟悉度和获取年龄 (AoA) 的词汇变化是否可以随着时间的推移进行测量.
- 为了识别经历基于经验的词汇变化的特定单词.
- 检查AoA与熟悉度之间的关系,以及它们在5年内对评分器之间的可靠性.
主要方法:
- 在10个学期 (5年) 收集了1000多名入门心理学学生对AoA的学期评分和499个单词的熟悉度.
- 采用回归分析来追踪单词轨迹,并根据AoA和熟悉度的变化对单词进行分类.
- 随着时间的推移,AoA和熟悉度等级之间的计算相关性,并评估了评级者之间的可靠性.
主要成果:
- 确定了63个表现出显著的基于经验的词汇变化的单词,按AoA和熟悉度的上升或下降轨迹进行分类.
- 对于AoA和熟悉度,在学期早期和晚期的评级之间发现了强烈的相关性,表明了稳定的构造.
- 证明AoA和熟悉性是不同的构造,AoA显示出更高的自我相关性,这表明参与者一致地应用了评级.
结论:
- 词熟悉度和AoA的词法变化是随着时间的推移而可测量的,其中一组词语经历了显著的转变.
- 这项研究提供了AoA和熟悉性作为独特的心理语言结构的稳定性的证据.
- 学院的本科生始终使用AoA的评级表格,支持这种措施在纵向研究中的可靠性.
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