The preliminary study of Jung's association test was done with the subjects of 50 rural people, who were all thought to be normal, and was investigated under such various viewpoints as the types of association, complex marks and so on.
The results a...
The preliminary study of Jung's association test was done with the subjects of 50 rural people, who were all thought to be normal, and was investigated under such various viewpoints as the types of association, complex marks and so on.
The results are as follows.
1. The average reaction times are 2.25 sec. In male subjects and 2.75 sec in female ones, whose difference is statistically significant. And under the control with the level of intelligence, the group educated above primary school (2.29 sec.) shows shorter reaction time than less educated one (2.61 sec.), which is statistically not significant.
2. The subjects show the tendency to clothe the reaction in the stimulus-word but it is limited by the influence of the law of frequency. Nouns as stimulus-words show the greatest agreement in the form (grammatic) with the reaction words.
3. Internal associations are predominated in both sexes with such ratios between internal versus external association as 49:44 in male, and 45:43 in female. Internal association is least produced in cases of adjective-stimuli.
4. The quality of the stimulus-word exerts a certain influence on the reaction time. The average shortest times follow adjectives (2.2 sec., the longest follow abstract nouns (2.9 sec.).
5. The quality of the reaction seems to have a certain influence on the length of the reaction time. The longest occur with abstract nouns (2.6 sec.), the shortest with concrete nouns (2.2 sec.).
6. The quality of the association has a distinct influence on the reaction time. Internal associations (2.6 sec.) command longer reaction times than external ones (2.0 sec.).
7. The stimulus-words which show the prolonged reaction time are, in the order of frequency, 19. pride, 73, box, 33, pity39 custom, 50. unjust, 52. to part, 60. to marry 69. part, 81. deportment, 92. to choose, 93. hay, 7. ship, 56. to pay attention, and so on.
8. The reaction with reproduction disturbance take longer reaction times than the median reaction time with the probability of 63.1% and otherwise, the immediately preceding reaction times, whose arithmetic mean is 3.4 seconds, used to be prolonged more than the median reaction time in he majority cases.
9. The reproduction disturbances would occur in series (48%). The longest reaction time is noted in the cases with three succeeding reproduction disturbances (4.8 sec.).
10. It was not confirmed here that the longer the individual reaction time is, the more the reproduction disturbance occurs.
11. The stimulus-words which show many complex marks, are, in order, 19. pride, 52. to part, 39. custom, 50. unjust, 81. deportment, 7. ship, 28. to sin 8. to pay, 33. pity, 33. and so on.
12. Some stimulus-words seem to be rare, meaningless, and hardly comprehensive.
These are 2. green, 7. ship, 17. lake, 26. blue, 39. custom, 52. to part, 67. carrot, 81. deportment, 97. month, etc. Some changes in the forms of these stimulus-words are thought to be needed.
13. With regard to the contents of the complexes, this study is grossly in accord with Lees' except those complexes about love and death, i.e., erotic complex and death complex which are far less conspicuous in this study than the latter.
14. It was acknowledged through case analysis that Jung's association test is
practically applicable to Korean, with some technical problems.
15. It was thought to be needed that a proper form of association test fitted to Korean with the basis on Korean custom and nationality, should be developed rather than using Jung's association test as it is.