著者

古矢 千雪

出版者

広島文化女子短期大学

雑誌

広島文化女子短期大学紀要 (ISSN:09137068)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.10, pp.1-6, 1977-08-20

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This study is to examine the contents of free association with simple shape stimulus. Method Subjects. 112 students of the domestic economy course. Experimental stimuli. See fig. l. Procedure. The subjects were instructed to look at the shape stimulus and record freely whatever comes into their mind. Results (1) The main contents of free association with each shape. A ? a short vertical line numeral letter "1", needle, something fine, stick, something thick, tree, telegraph pole, something standing, something took a view from the side, cut, pocket, rain, road, getting longer, nose, close state, neatness, opening, parted right and left, unstable and so on. B. a short horizontal line numeral letter " 1", "ichi" in chinese characters, match, needle, thread, stick, horizon, sea line, road, sea, stretch, bridge, something lying, mouth, cut, pocket, post, something took a view from the side, close state, parted up and down, honest, stable, featureless and so on. C. a square paper for folding play, note, book, frame, window, die, box, building blocks, cube suger, room, door, exit, hole, spread, something looked down, confined, empty, stable, hard and so on. D. a regular triangle triangle candy, triangle bandage, sandwich, triangular thing, arrow, mountain, roof, pyramid, building blocks, prism, hole, point, nose, face, star, pleasure ground, rhythm, stretch upward, stable, sharp, cold and so on. E. a circle numeral letter "0", ring, handle, button, coin, manhole, Japanese flag, ball, moon, sun, earth, candy, face, head, cylinder, telescope, pleasure ground, baby, test, heart, peace, hole, dream, swing, soft, warm, delicious-looking and so on. (2) Concrete and visible things were associated largely and abstract expressions were about 20% of all. (3) Some subjects reported, when they looked at the shape stimulue, the word expressing shape itself occurred to them and they associated something with that word. (4) The contents of association were characteristic of subjects, students of the domestic economy course. For example, needle, thread, pocket and button. (5) There were unique responses those were free from the shape itself, that is to say, some of subjects were creative.