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Peer reviewedRunquist, Willard N.; Runquist, Peggy A. – American Journal of Psychology, 1976
This experiment demonstrated that people can utilize relative situational frequency of occurrence to differentiate similary categorizable target items in paired-associate learning. (Editor)
Descriptors: Charts, Classification, Learning Processes, Paired Associate Learning
Runquist, Willard N. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 1978
Nelson, Brooks, and Wheeler (1975) found that interference effects produced by physical similarity among word stimuli in paired associates result from the disruption of contact with the functional stimulus and that interference with associative retrieval is minimal. Data in this research challenge their conclusion on several grounds. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Experimental Psychology, Learning Processes, Memory
