Does contextual strength modulate the subordinate bias effect? A reply to Kellas and Vu

Citation
Ks. Binder et K. Rayner, Does contextual strength modulate the subordinate bias effect? A reply to Kellas and Vu, PSYCHON B R, 6(3), 1999, pp. 518-522
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology
Journal title
PSYCHONOMIC BULLETIN & REVIEW
ISSN journal
10699384 → ACNP
Volume
6
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
518 - 522
Database
ISI
SICI code
1069-9384(199909)6:3<518:DCSMTS>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
In their reply to Binder and Rayner (1998), Kellas and Vu (1999) raised que stions about the criteria we used to exclude items from the Kellas, Martin, Yehling, Herman, and Vu (1995) stimulus set. In this reply, we further doc ument these criteria and also address the issue of local versus published n orms. We continue to believe that the stimulus set used by Kellas et al. (1 995) was problematic. We also address the issue of strength of context, a c oncept used in earlier research that dealt with the subordinate bias effect . We argue that the contexts used by Kellas et al. (1995) were no stronger than the contexts previously used that established this effect. Therefore, we continue to think that our finding that context does not eliminate the s ubordinate bias effect is valid.