No abstract

No abstract

No abstract

The claim that bizarre mental images facilitate recall more than common images was examined by instructing 32 5s to form a bizarre image for each of 24 noun pairs and a common image for each of 24 other pairs. After a 4-min. filler task, each S was given a cued recall test on the entire list of 48 pairs. Contrary to expectations, bizarre images produced no more correct responses than common images. Since bizarre images took longer to form (5.98 sec. vs. 3.94 sec.), it was concluded that common images are in fact more efficient.

The purpose of this research was to establish norms for the relative frequency of use of the different meaning of common homographs (words that have one spelling but two or more distinctly different meanings) and to present ratings of the concreteness-abstractness of those meanings. A total of 108 subjects wrote a phrase or sentence using each of 120 homographs that were presented at a 15.5-sec rate. For each homograph, norms are provided indicating the relative frequency with which each meaning was used by men and by women. In addition, four judges rated the concreteness-abstractness of each meaning. These ratings are also provided, as are the means of the overall concreteness for each homograph.