Verbal Transformations of “Stabilized” Taboo and Neutral Words
- 1 February 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 38 (1) , 177-178
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1974.38.1.177
Abstract
To test the “arousal” hypothesis that physiological and/or psychological “arousal” maintains the perception of an auditory stimulus, a number of taboo and neutral words were repeated orally for 14 male and 14 female college students. Neutral words gave rise to more verbal transformation than taboo words.Keywords
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