word association test
Aug. 23rd, 2001 09:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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[Poll #3816]
http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~horan/ced522readings/jung/association/lecture1.htm
a breakdown of the sorts of replies.
[Poll #3816]
http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~horan/ced522readings/jung/association/lecture1.htm
a breakdown of the sorts of replies.
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Date: 2001-08-23 06:37 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2001-08-23 06:40 am (UTC)I'm glad you played! I look forward to seeing the way folks answer... (I'll put a 'evaluation table' up tonight, after folks have had a chance to do it. )
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Date: 2001-08-23 06:41 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2001-08-23 06:43 am (UTC)that was fun!
Date: 2001-08-23 07:13 am (UTC)Dave....where is your mind...;Þ
Re: that was fun!
Date: 2001-08-23 07:14 am (UTC)Well, maybe he recently saw an episode of baywatch or something. :)
I'm glad you had fun!
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Date: 2001-08-23 08:09 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2001-08-23 08:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2001-08-23 09:10 am (UTC)I cannot wait to see the "grading chart" . . . I did it really fast, like everyone else, and I'm wondering what my answers say about me :)
Thanks for the great between-class activity!
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Date: 2001-08-23 11:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2001-08-23 09:44 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2001-08-23 11:24 am (UTC)maybe you were doing opposites? like black and white. :)
perhaps it means you're a very loyal, steadfast sort!
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Date: 2001-08-23 08:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2001-08-23 09:48 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2001-08-23 11:23 am (UTC)well, as long as you had fun!:)
here's an instruction sheet that comes with W-A tests
Date: 2001-08-23 11:29 am (UTC)Here's what I say to the patient. "We're now going to do a word association test. This test contains 100 words. After I say each word, I'll be expecting you to respond with a word. I want you to answer as quickly as possible with the first word that occurs to your mind."
2. Recording your results
I use a table to record the test results. The table has three columns: test word, reaction time, and patient-response. After I say each word, I record the patient's response. If there is a quick response I put nothing in the reaction time column. If the response is delayed, I count silently to myself and then record the number of seconds. If you can develop a consistency in your method, this is accurate enough to notice delays in response. The important factor is that you give the test in the same fashion to every patient. Over time, you'll develop a reproducible technique that is necessary for you gain experience with.
3. Interpretation
After the session has ended and the patient has left, I categorize each response by placing the following initials by the patient's response. If you want to read Jung's descriptions of response types, link to the original article above. Understand that some of this requires the use of your judgment. Don't worry about whether you're doing this right or wrong. Once you get the hang of it, you'll be fairly consistent across your own patient population. To me, that's the important thing that you want to aim for:
O = opposite (ex. test-word: head, response: tail)
A = association (ex. test-word: green, response: blue)
D = definition (ex. test-word: lake, response: water). A definition is a response that expresses the patient defining the test word rather than responding with an association.
P = predicate (ex. test-word: to marry, response: forever). A predicate is a response that expresses a judgment by the patient. It has a qualitative feel.
R = repetition (ex. test-word: to wash, response: to wash) A repetition may be preceded or followed by an "uhm" or some other pause. Typically, either there is another word that is given next or the response bottles up entirely.
Also, if it strikes me as relevant, I record the quality of association (ex. loose or concrete, etc.). After I get done initializing each response, I then make a mark by those responses that had a prolonged reaction time.
4. Re-writing
To me, this is a very important step. I re-write both the test word and response by the following categories: increased response time, predicates, repetitions, and multiple words. Then I sit back and quietly reflect as I look at the groupings, words, and responses. Usually if you've done the test after you've had a few sessions with the patient, it will be clear how the responses are relevant to the patient. Later, in future sessions, I might explore the areas that had prolonged reaction time, as to whether they represent major areas needing psychological exploration. I like to use the predicate responses as areas that may represent emotional deficiencies. Repetitions may offer a similar insight into the psyche as increased response time does (though these often go together).
5. Final Thoughts
Have fun with this. Once you experience the "aha" of seeing the validity of the test with a particular patient, you'll want to include it in your repetoire of psychological skills. Take the time to perform the test on many patients, even if you don't find any immediate benefit from it. Be patient and of course, never interpret the results of a single test such as this in isolation of the clinical history, physical and laboratory examination, clinical course, psychiatric diagnosis, and the results of other bedside or psychological testing.
I'll post Jung's original interpretations when I get home from work. :)
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Date: 2001-08-23 01:16 pm (UTC)Including me!
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Date: 2001-08-23 02:05 pm (UTC)were they all thinking of redheads in general?
or that evil prop comic?
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Interesting test --I read most of the paper too. No surprises --I already knew I was neurotic : )
I knew someone when I was going to school who was going around the dorm giving these --three of us decided to have fun. We thought of a random word to give for the first response and then responded to each subsequent word with our response to the previous word. It was rather surrealistic and we actually had rather fast reaction times.
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Date: 2001-08-24 06:39 am (UTC)Neuroses... if you're Neurotic, you're in good company. :) the freeform reply idea is a neat one! a great way to confuse the testgiver.
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Date: 2001-08-23 02:11 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2001-08-23 02:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2001-08-24 02:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2001-08-23 02:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2001-08-23 06:58 pm (UTC)and what does tequila have to do with weddings?
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Date: 2001-08-23 07:26 pm (UTC)no subject
i saw it somewhere and thought it odd...
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Date: 2001-08-23 07:28 pm (UTC)