11/26/2014 WordAssociationTest

WordAssociationTest

Purpose:Designedtorevealassociativeconnectionsbetweenstimuliwordsandresponses.

Population:Adults.

Score:N/A.

Time:N/A.

Authors:D.Rapaport,M.Gill,andR.Schafer.

Publisher:InternationalUniversitiesPress,Inc.

Description:Thewordassociationmethodisapsychologicaltestintendedtorevealassociativeconnectionsbetweenstimuluswordsandfreeverbal
responses.Subjectsareinstructedtogivediscreteverbalresponsestocommonstimuluswords(usuallynounsorverbs).Becauseverbalizationsreflect
ideation,itisassumedthatthesystematicstudyofassociativethoughtcanrevealinformationaboutanindividualspersonalitycharacteristics,areas
ofemotionaldisturbances,andthelike.Althoughthemethodhasnonecessarytietoanyparticulartheory,itisusuallyemployedasaprojective
technique.

Scoring:Therearenoformalscoringproceduresemployedwiththismethod.

ReliabilityandValidity:ThemanualprovidesnoreliabilityandValidityinformation.Veryfewvalidityandreliabilitystudieshavebeenundertaken
becauseinternalclinicaljudgmentconstitutessuchanintegralpartoftheapproach.

Norms:Normsareincludedinthemanualfornormalcollegestudentsandschizophrenics.

SuggestedUses:TheWordAssociationTestisrecommendedaspartofacomprehensivetestbatteryinclinicalandresearchsettings.

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