| Abstract: | Conducted 2 experiments to assess the storage structure of common English words in the memory of young nonpsychotic schizophrenics. 37 schizophrenic and 12 nonschizophrenic psychiatric patients and 36 normals were Ss in the 2 experiments. Ss in both experiments sorted words on the basis of the similarity of relatedness they perceived, but Ss in Exp II performed this task under time pressure. Assuming that the structure underlying these sortings reflects the storage structure of memory, a method of cluster analysis was applied to the data. The structural features extracted for all Ss were very similar to each other. A group difference was found in the S's sorting strategy, but its effect on the main findings was minimal. It is concluded that the storage structure of words in the memory of schizophrenics is probably intact. (19 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
