PSYC 142 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Orthographic Depth, Grapheme, Eugenius Warming
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Chance is 8: name of color has big effect on the color they see. B is blue, g is green, p is pink/purple, r is red, etc: explanatory factor (ef, color name: the color you experience for a letter can be learned. Ca(cid:374)(cid:859)t ge(cid:374)eti(cid:272)ally i(cid:374)herit a spe(cid:272)ifi(cid:272) (cid:272)olor asso(cid:272)iatio(cid:374: visual shape: sharp shapes tend to be black, round shapes tend to be white. Whe(cid:374) asked to (cid:272)hoose a (cid:272)olor for (cid:858)a(cid:859), (cid:373)ore likely to (cid:272)hoose red: a for apple. Ho(cid:449)e(cid:448)er, does(cid:374)(cid:859)t apply to differe(cid:374)t la(cid:374)guages: a sounds like ei, which is warm and red is warm. Also does(cid:374)(cid:859)t apply to all la(cid:374)guages: a looks like a triangle, which people associate with red. Does(cid:374)(cid:859)t apply to all la(cid:374)guages: a is the first letter of the alphabet. Applies to many languages: conclusion, a tends to be red because the first letter of the alphabet tends to be red, does(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:373)ea(cid:374) other efs are ge(cid:374)erally (cid:449)ro(cid:374)g.
