Some Effects of Vocabulary and Communication Task on The Understanding and Use of Vague Probability Expressions  

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Fillenbaum, Samuel ; Cox, James A. ; Cohen, Brent L. ; Wallsten, Thomas S.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The American Journal of Psychology vol. 104 no. 01 (1991), page 35-60.
Topik: COMMUNICATION TASK; Effects; Vocabulary; Communication Task; Understanding; Vague; Probability; Expression
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How is the understanding and use of vague probability expressions affected by the availability of other expressions and the particular communication task involved? As represented by membership functions (Wallsten, Budescu, Rapoport, Zwick, & Forsyth, 1986) the meanings of core terms (e.g., likely, probable) were not affected by the presence or absence of modified or anchor expressions (e.g., very likely, almost certain). However, the core terms rated best at each presented probability in the baseline condition were rated lower in the presence of modified or anchor expressions. The effects of communication task were substantial, in that membership functions were more frequently monotonic, broader, and located closer to the center of the probability interval for expressions that were received and evaluated than for ones that were selected.

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