Design
what was the dependent variable for this study?
Which interference disrupted the category advantage for Russian speakers?
verbal interference
Who was one of the critics that was skeptical of the previous studies on cross-linguistic color perception?
Pinker
what is the Russian word for light blue?
Goluboy
were Russian participants tested in English or Russian?
In which interference condition did English speakers have a category advantage?
none
What were the two issues with the results of the previous studies?
subjective judgement of similarities and memory
What is the Russian word for dark blue?
Siniy
how did the researchers determine which shades of blue were considered goluboy and siniy?
color naming task
Why did the researchers say English speakers had a faster mean reaction time?
Russian speakers might have less experience with computers and participating in experiments
what was the purpose of allowing participants to answer the perceptual task while still being able to view the stimulus?
to eliminate memory demands
what were the 3 interference conditions?
verbal, spatial, none
if language plays a role in color discrimination, then which trial should have a faster response time for Russian speakers?
between category
Were subjects faster at far-color or near-color discriminations?
far-color
what is the problem with studies with ambiguous tasks measuring subjective similarity?
participants could explicitly choose to categorize things based on linguistic categories
What is the hypothesis associated with linguistic determinism?
The Whorfian hypothesis
what was the purpose of testing participants with a verbal interference task?
to test if linguistic processes play an active role in perception and if the difference between English and Russian speakers’ results were due to language specifically
were language effects more prominent in far-color discriminations or near-color discriminations?
near-color
what is the advantage of measuring response time?
participants can't explicitly control their response time
how many color discrimination trials were in one block?
136