Comparisons of individual and cultural response hierarchies based on continued association

Abstract

Individual response protocols of eight associations to each of eight stimulus words (Buffalo sample) were compared with cultural response hierarchies (Pittsburgh sample). The number of individual responses which matched responses in the top eight hierarchy positions (HPs) of the norms was related to the rank of those responses in the norms. Cultural hierarchies, derived in different ways, were similar and did not differ in degree of individual-cultural response agreement. It was concluded that prediction of individual responses, but not their HPs, is possible on the basis of the top ranking responses from norms.