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Word Pair Similarity Task
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Scale Name
Word Pair Similarity Task
Author Details
Craig A. Anderson
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Background/Description
The first published use of this version of the “Word Pair Similarity Task” was Anderson and Morrow, 1995, in a study of how cooperative versus competitive instructions influence a person’s view of how aggressive the task is, and the influence of cooperative versus competitive instructions on aggressive behavior during the playing of a video game. We also used the task in a study of trait hostility, pain, and aggressive thoughts (Anderson, Anderson, Dill, & Deuser, 1998). More recently, we used this task in a study of violent music lyrics (Anderson, Carnagey, & Eubanks, 2003). Scoring directions can found in the original research articles listed below. Researchers may use these materials free of charge for research purposes.
This task, modified from that developed by Bushman (1996), consists of rating the degree of meaning similarity of each paired combination of 20 words. Ten of these words can be interpreted as either aggression-related words or as aggression-unrelated words (e.g., bottle, night, stick). These words are referred to as ambiguous words. The remaining ten words are more obviously related to aggression (e.g., butcher, choke, hatchet). Ratings of each word pair were made on a 1 to 7 scale of how similar, associated, or related they were. A rating of 1 represented “not at all similar, associated, or related” and 7 representing “extremely similar, associated, or related.” Ratings were paced by computer-generated tones spaced nine seconds apart.
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Reliability and Validity
N/A
Available Versions
20-Items
Reference
- Anderson, C.A., & Morrow, M. (1995). Competitive aggression without interaction: Effects of competitive versus cooperative instructions on aggressive behavior in video games. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21, 1020-1030.
- Anderson, K.B., Anderson, C.A., Dill, K.E., & Deuser, W.E. (1998). The interactive relations between trait hostility, pain, and aggressive thoughts. Aggressive Behavior, 24, 161-171.
- Bushman, B. J. (1996). Individual differences in the extent and development of aggressive cognitiveassociative networks. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 22, 811-819.
- Anderson, C.A., Carnagey, N.L., & Eubanks, J. (2003). Exposure to violent media: The effects of songs with violent lyrics on aggressive thoughts and feelings. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 960-971.
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