Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1970

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Estarellas, Juan

Abstract

The present study investigated the possible influences college education in the United States mlght have on the word associations of Cuban bilingual adults. Two groups of ten subjects each were used, the C, or college educated group , and the 0 , or non-college educated group. Each S was given the same word association test. The Ss were first given four "choice" stimuli, two English and two Spanish words, and were instructed to respond to each of these in either English or Spanish or both within a period of forty-five seconds. The "choice" stimuli were followed by "restricted" stimuli. The restricted stimuli consisted of ten English words and their Spanish equivalents. The Ss were instructed to give their associations in the same language as the stimulus word , within a period of forty-five seconds. The Ss ' responses were re corded and later transcribed for study. After careful analysis of the data , the following results were obtained: (1) the C group did not differ significantly from the 0 group in the number of associations to the "restricted" English stimuli; (2) the groups did not differ significantly in the percentage of English responses when given a choice of languages in which to associate; and (3) the 0 group had a significantly faster primary response time than did the C group.

Extent

32 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1970.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

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FA00000956

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