On Wed, 13 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Research by Zajonc showed that being exposed to nonsense stimuli below
> threshold increased S's liking for them. The more often someone was
> subliminally exposed to the stimulus the more they liked it (e.g., a Turkish
> word flashed 16 times would later be rated higher than one flashed 2 times).
I'm somewhat confused by this. The Zajonc "Turkish" experiment I
know is a pseudo-subliminal experiment, where the subjects are
led to believe they're taking part in a subliminal perception
experiment, but aren't. In the experiment, the subjects are told
that words will be flashed on a screen, but nothing is (typical
social psychologist deviousness). The point is to study
predictions from the Hull-Spence model relating to social
facilitation effects.
Is there another Zajonc experiment where he really does it?
My experiment is:
Zajonc, R. and Sales, S. (1966). Social facilitation of dominant
and subordinate responses. Journal of experimental social
psychology, 2, 160-168.
-Stephen
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