Table 5. Characteristics of Cue-Associate Pairs in Experiment 3.
| High-Frequency (>70 Counts/Million) Associate Condition |
Low-Frequency (<70 Counts/Million) Associate Condition |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | t | p | |
| Forward association strengtha | .58 | .12 | .59 | .12 | <1 | .84 |
| Associate frequency | 227.55 | 258.00 | 21.55 | 19.03 | 11.55 | <.01 |
| Associate number of translations | 1.68 | 0.70 | 1.71 | 0.97 | <1 | .88 |
| Associate concretenessa,b | 5.50 | 0.90 | 5.52 | 0.89 | <1 | .93 |
| Associate length in syllables | 1.35 | 0.55 | 1.35 | 0.55 | <1 | 1.00 |
| Cue frequency | 27.49 | 43.05 | 27.10 | 42.99 | <1 | .97 |
| Cue number of translations | 1.58 | 0.76 | 1.45 | 0.81 | <1 | .52 |
| Cue concretenessa,c | 5.43 | 1.04 | 5.31 | 1.03 | <1 | .69 |
| Cue length in syllables | 1.45 | 0.51 | 1.42 | 0.50 | <1 | .80 |
| Associative versus semantica | −0.25 | 3.70 | −0.29 | 4.03 | <1 | .97 |
a
Response typicality of strongest associate taken from the Nelson, McEvoy, and Schreiber (1998) norms.
b
Values available in Nelson et al. (1998) norms for 30/31 associates in both high- and low-frequency conditions.
c
Values available in Nelson et al. (1998) norms for 27/31 cues in high- and 25/31 cues in low-frequency condition.
d
Based on ratings with a scale in which −7 = occur together but do not overlap in meaning, 0 = occur together and overlap in meaning, 7 = overlap in meaning but do not occur together.