Root task drawing on Prior & Markus (2014) study

The participant will be presented with a sentence that ends with either one of the two
incongruent words. One of the words is derived from the same root as the 'expected' word
that is 'activated', while the other word would be derived from a different root. The
participant is asked to choose whether the sentence makes sense or not. It is hypothesised
that when the ending is derived from the same root as the expected word, greater response
delay and more errors would ensue.

Sentence (1)

Real friendship is based on love and

Expected
word

Word
Root
Eng.
Frequency

Incongruent Same_root
words
Word
Eng.
Frequency
Different_root
Word
Root
Eng.
Frequency

gist, synopsis, summary

4038

deal
1632
.
One should be kind with children and should give
them the. they need

Sentence (2)

Expected
word

loyalty
4722

Word
Root
Eng.
Frequency

Incongruent Same_root
words
Word
Eng.
Frequency
Different_root
Word
Root
Eng.
Frequency

care
1902

sense, meaning, significance

436

generality, totality
1204

Sentence (3)

His shameful history caused him a lot of.

Expected
word

Word
Root
Eng.
Frequency

troubles
181

Incongruent Same_root
words
Word
Eng.
Frequency
Different_root
Word
Root
Eng.
Frequency

shapes
132

discovery
2183
...

Sentence (4)

The channel covered the event through .

coverage
Expected
word

Word
Root
Eng.
Frequency

Incongruent Same_root
words
Word
Eng.
Frequency
Different_root
Word
Root
Eng.
Frequency

live
912

skin
3786

poetic
1932

..
He used to like sitting by the river, contemplating
in..

Sentence (5)

Expected
word

Word
Root
Eng.
Frequency

Incongruent Same_root
words
Word
Eng.
Frequency
Different_root
Word
Root
Eng.
Frequency

silence
3686

knife
4794

profit, gain
3544