Compatibility Between Physical Stimulus Size – Spatial Position and False Recognitions

Magnitude processing is of great interest to researchers because it requires integration of quantity related information in memory regardless of whether the focus is numerical or non-numerical magnitudes. The previous work has suggested an interplay between pre-existing semantic information about number–space relationship in processes of encoding and recall. Investigation of the compatibility between physical stimulus size – spatial position and false recognition may provide valuable information about the cognitive representation of non-numerical magnitudes. Therefore, we applied a false memory procedure to a series of non-numerical stimulus pairs. Three versions of the pairs were used: big-right (a big character on the right/a small character on the left), big-left (a big character on the left/a small character on the right), and equal-sized (an equal sized character on each side). In the first phase, participants (N = 100) received 27 pairs, with nine pairs from each experimental condition. In the second phase, nine pairs from each of three stimulus categories were presented: (1) original pairs that were presented in the first phase, (2) mirrored pairs that were horizontally flipped versions of the pairs presented in the first phase, and (3) novel pairs that had not been presented before. The participants were instructed to press “YES” for the pairs that they remembered seeing before and to press “NO” for the pairs that they did not remember from the first phase. The results indicated that the participants made more false-alarm responses by responding “yes” to the pairs with the bigger one on the right. Moreover, they responded to the previously seen figures with the big one on the right faster compared to their distracting counterparts. The study provided evidence for the relationship between stimulus physical size and how they processed spatially by employing a false memory procedure. We offered a size–space compatibility account based on the congruency between the short- and long-term associations which produce local compatibilities. Accordingly, the compatible stimuli in the learning phase might be responsible for the interference, reflecting a possible short-term interference effect on congruency between the short- and long-term associations. Clearly, future research is required to test this speculative position

Üniversite Öğrencilerinde İlişki Doyumu ile Sosyal Medya Kullanımı Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi

Bu araştırmada, üniversite öğrencilerinin sosyal medya kullanım alışkanlıkları ile romantik ilişkilerinden aldıkları doyum arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesinde öğrenim görmekte olan öğrencilere uygun örnekleme yöntemiyle (224’ü kadın, 163’ü erkek, 387 öğrenci) ulaşılarak Kişisel Bilgi Formu, Sosyal Medya Kullanım Ölçeği ve İlişki Doyum Ölçeği uygulanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde bağımsız örneklem t Testi, tek yönlü varyans analizi (One-Way ANOVA) Pearson korelasyon analizleri kullanılmıştır. Sosyal medya kullanım sıklığı, sosyal medyada geçirilen zaman, sosyal medya kullanım nedenleri, sosyal medyaya dair ifadeler ve ilişki doyumu cinsiyet, yaş ve romantik ilişki süresine göre incelenmiş, sosyal medya kullanımı ve ilişki doyumu arasındaki ilişki analiz edilmiştir. İlişki doyumu, sosyal ağ, mesleki ağ, fotoğraf paylaşım siteleri, mikroblog ve forumlar için cinsiyete göre anlamlı farklılık tespit edilmiştir. İlişki doyumu ile sosyal medya kullanım nedenlerinden “kendini ifade/gerçekleştirme”, “haberdar olma” ve “eğlence” alt boyutları için pozitif yönde zayıf ilişki tespit edilmiştir. İleride yapılabilecek çalışmalara dair öneriler araştırmanın sonunda yer almaktadır.In this study, the relationship between the social media usage habits of university students and relationship satisfaction was examined. The Demographic Information Form, Social Media Usage Scale and Relationship Satisfaction Scale were applied to the students studying at Dokuz Eylül University using convenient sampling method (224 fe-male, 163 male, 387 students). Independent samples t Test, One-Way ANOVA and Pearson correlation analyzes were used. Frequency of social media use, time spent on social media, motivations, expressions about social media and relationship satisfaction were analyzed according to gender, age and duration of romantic relationship and the correlation between social media use and relationship satisfaction was analyzed. A significant gender difference was found for relationship satisfaction, social network, professional network, photo sharing sites, microblogs and forums. A weak positive correlation was found for the “self-expression/actualization”, “being up to date”, “entertainment” and relationship satisfaction. Suggestions for future work are included at the end