WORD-LISTS FOR ADJECTIVE AND NOUN REACTIONS 



MILDRED WEST LORING 

 University of Washington, Seattle 



The following word lists, were employed by Dr. Loring in 

 experiments II, III and IV of "Methods of Studying Controlled 

 Word Associations (this journal, current volume, pages 369^428). 

 Each day's work is given in the order in which it was presented, 

 and the order of days is preserved. The method of selecting 

 the words is described on pages 374-376, and 397-400. The 

 consideration of these lists in connection with the range of distri- 

 bution of reaction times is important, as it is impossible to obtain 

 the necessarily long lists of words of equal familiarity. These 

 lists being the results of two successive elimination processes, 

 furnish a good basis for further reduction for work where shorter 

 lists may be used, and greater uniformity, with a certain grade 

 of average familiarity, may be desirable. The complete lexicon 

 of verbs, nouns and adjectives which remained after the two 

 eliminations will be issued later : but in the mean time these lists 

 may be useful as sources. The necessity of making up lists of 

 stimulus words by methodical selection from longer, mechanically 

 prepared, lists, and so avoiding the associative processes of the 

 one who makes up the lists, is obvious. 



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