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- Title
The Search for Cognitive Terminology: An Analysis of Comparative Psychology Journal Titles.
- Authors
Whissell, Cynthia; Abramson, Charles I.; Barber, Kelsey R.
- Abstract
This research examines the employment of cognitive or mentalist words in the titles of articles from three comparative psychology journals (Journal of Comparative Psychology, International Journal of Comparative Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes; 8,572 titles, >100,000 words). The Dictionary of Affect in Language, coupled with a word search of titles, was employed to demonstrate cognitive creep. The use of cognitive terminology increased over time (1940-2010) and the increase was especially notable in comparison to the use of behavioral words, highlighting a progressively cognitivist approach to comparative research. Problems associated with the use of cognitive terminology in this domain include a lack of operationalization and a lack of portability. There were stylistic differences among journals including an increased use of words rated as pleasant and concrete across years for Journal of Comparative Psychology, and a greater use of emotionally unpleasant and concrete words in Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGY periodicals; COMPARATIVE psychology; AFFECT (Psychology); PSYCHOLOGICAL research; EXPERIMENTAL psychology; COGNITION research
- Publication
Behavioral Sciences (2076-328X), 2013, Vol 3, Issue 1, p133
- ISSN
2076-328X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/bs3010133