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Pleasantness norms for 399 words from Bellezza, Greenwald, and Banaji (1986)

Source: R/data.R
bgb_pleasantness.Rd

Words were rated on 5-point scales for pleasantness and imagery by college students. Ratings include combined scores and disaggregated by gender.

Usage

bgb_pleasantness

Format

A data frame with 399 rows and 10 variables.

Source

https://faculty.washington.edu/agg/pdf/bgb.txt

Variables

Variables:

  • term. unique word

  • pleasantness_male.

  • pleasantness_female

  • pleasantness

  • imagery_male

  • imagery_female

  • imagery

  • frequency_male

  • frequency female

  • frequency

References

Bellezza, F. S., Greenwald, A. G., & Banaji, M. R. (1986). Words high and low in pleasantness as rated by male and female college students. Behavior Research Methods, 18, 299-303.