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Tarte, Robert D.; Barritt, Loren S. – 1969
In the three studies reported here, an attempt was made to determine whether adult native speakers of English can agree on the choice of phonetic labels for visually presented geometric figures. It was the purpose of these studies to obtain evidence in support of the "phonetic symbolism" hypothesis. An initial study and two replications…
Descriptors: English, Perception Tests, Phonology, Psycholinguistics
DeFazio, Victor J.; Moroney, William F. – J Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Cognitive Processes, Perception Tests, Sensory Experience
Hayes, Donald S.; Clark, Judy – 1977
The effect of stimulus familiarity on the comprehension of polar adjectives by preschool children was examined by administering a perceptual judgment task. The children's ability to indicate the correct object illustrating a particular word was assessed. Antonyms representing opposite dimensions of quantity, height, length, or size were presented.…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes