The Kent-Rosanoff word association: word association norms as a function of age

Abstract

If communality of responses is stable, the relative popularity of responses to the Kent-Rosanoff Word Association Test should remain the same for subjects from young adulthood to advanced age. The Kent-Rosanoff was administered individually to 738 subjects from 18 to 87 years of age from various occupations and from various parts of the country. The results indicate that there is a decrease in the strength of communality accompanied by an increase in variability with the advance in age. ((c) 1997 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved)