A Study on the Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Free Association Norms

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dc.authorwosidAkirmak, Umit/AAC-4904-2019
dc.contributor.authorAkirmak, Umit
dc.contributor.authorOrhon, Mehmet Altan
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T20:50:56Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T20:50:56Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.departmentİstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractPre-existing semantic associations of words influence performance in various episodic tasks (Nelson, Dyrdal, & Good-mon, 2005). The free association task indexes strong associative relations among words. In turn, this makes it possible to map associative structure of the words in semantic memory. Although Tekcan and Goz (2005) collected free association norms of Turkish words in an earlier study, the reliability and validity of their findings have not been empirically tested with a specific study. The goal of the present study was to determine the reliability and validity of the existing free association norms. In Study 1, 100 words were randomly selected from the existing normative database and were normed again by using the standard free association method as well as an online version of the same task in order to assess the reliability. The obtained findings were compared in regard to associative strength, associative set size, and heterogeneity values. The results indicated that the existing norms have high reliability. Study 2 assessed the predictive validity of the existing norms in an extra-list cued recall experiment. The cue-to-target strength and cue set size were manipulated in order to examine their effects on correct recall. In line with the previous findings, high cue-to-target strength led to higher recall rates compared to low cue-to-target strength; however, the effects of cue set size were not in the expected direction. The present findings imply that the existing free association norms have high reliability and validity overall, but there is a crucial need to overcome the shortcomings of the Turkish free association norms by norming additional words.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage81en_US
dc.identifier.issn1300-4433
dc.identifier.issue81en_US
dc.identifier.startpage62en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/8303
dc.identifier.volume33en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000455035700004en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.language.isotren_US
dc.publisherTurkish Psychologists Assocen_US
dc.relation.ispartofTurk Psikoloji Dergisien_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectFree Associationen_US
dc.subjectCued Recallen_US
dc.subjectAssociative Memoryen_US
dc.subjectEpisodic Memoryen_US
dc.subjectHeterogeneityen_US
dc.subjectCreating False Memoriesen_US
dc.subjectCued-Recallen_US
dc.subjectActivationen_US
dc.subjectStrengthen_US
dc.subjectAlcoholen_US
dc.subjectExpectancyen_US
dc.subjectNetworksen_US
dc.subjectImpliciten_US
dc.subjectWordsen_US
dc.subjectSizeen_US
dc.titleA Study on the Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Free Association Normsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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