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.11, pp.1-10, 1978-07-20

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This study is to re-examine the contents of free association with simple shape stimulus and analyze how to catch the shape of stimulus. Method Subjects. 270 students of women's junior college. (107 students of the musical course and 163 students of the domestic economy course.) Experimental stimuli. See fig. 1. The same as the last study, but now printed one stimulus for each page. Procedure. The subjects were instructed to look at the shape stimulus and record rapidly whatever comes into their mind. Results (1) As a whole, the contents of responses were the same as the results of the last study for the most part. But, the emotional associations, the associations with movement and the secondary associations were very few in this time. Conversely, something looked for a frame or mark increased in this time. For the reason, I think, the way of presenting stimulus was different in this time. (2) There were a few characteristic responses of the subjects of the musical course. For example, black key, hole of a wing instrument and singing with open mouth like a triangle. (3) According to the analysis of how to catch the stimulus, in other words, what the subjects pay attention to on the shape, the associations were classified into 17 groups. As the results for each stimulus, see fig. 2 to fig. 6. Classification a. line or something linear (ex. borderline, sea line, road, thread and so on.) b. something like a stick (ex. match, pole, stick, yardstick and so on.) c. something took a view from the side (ex. standing coin, side of a book and so on.) d. something looked for a frame (ex. window, ring, triangle and so on.) e. one thing (ex. one big tree, one incense stick and so on.) f. something standing or lying (ex. standing pole, lying tree and so on.) g. straight (ex. straight road, frank, faith and so on.) h. black collar (ex. black key, black stick, charcoal and so on.) i. emotional response (ex. thin, sharp, cool, hard, calm and so on.) j. something with movement (ex. train going, going up a mountain, singing and so on.) k. sign or mark (ex. numeral letter, ichi in chinese characters, mark and so on.) 1. partition (ex. screen, crossing gate, stop and so on.) m. break (ex. buttonhole, cut, close state, parted up and down and so on.) n. hole (ex. hole, tunnel, entrance, exit and so on.) o. including the ground (ex. floor in the air, flying balloon and so on.) o'. (ex. Japanese flag) p. blank in the frame (ex. empty, limited space and so on.) q. secondary association (ex. hospital, pleasure ground, peace and so on.)