ISSN : 1229-0718
Free word associations to forty-eight category terms were secured from 340 Korean school children in the second, fourth, and sixth grades. Two forms of tests were prepared, each of them was given to about the half of the subjects at each grade level. one was composed of 8 superordinate and subordinate terms, and 16 supplementary subordinate terms, and the ocher was composed of the corresponding subordinate, superordinate, and the same supplementary ones. The stimulus worlds were presented at a rate of 20 seconds both orally and visually, during which the subjects were allowed to write down any words they think of. The first responses to each stimulus and the proportions of children generating them were provided by grade. It was suggested that the data would be useful for research on cognitive development.