Preferences for Christian names as a function of their experienced familiarity
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A sample of 80 English subjects and a comparable sample of 80 Australian subjects rated their familiarity with, or their liking for, either 100 randomly selected male Christian names or 100 randomly selected female Christian names. Positive linear relationships between familiarity and favourability, ranging from r = 0·568 (P> 0'(01) for female names in the Australian sample to r = 0·824 P < 0·001) for male names in the English sample, were found. The results are discussed in the light of monotonic (Zajonc-type) and non-monotonic (inverted U-type) functions relating to two variables which have been found in previous research with other classes of stimuli.
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