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Download full textMarston, Paul T.; Young, Robert K. – 1974
The classic mnemonic for learning serial lists, the method of loci, and its modern counterpart, the peg system, were compared by having subjects learn three 20-item serial lists. In addition to the type of mnemonic training, list imagery was either high (rated 6-7) or medium (rated 4-5), and instructions were either progressive elaboration (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Codification, Comparative Analysis, Cues
Dean, Jeffrey; Ley, Ronald – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 1977
This research has three purposes: 1) to determine whether subjects instructed to study silently in a free-recall experiment engage in associative encoding, 2) to test the validity of associative ability as an individual difference variable, 3) to test for an interaction between presentation rate and associative reaction time. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Codification, Experimental Psychology, Flow Charts
Peer reviewedMcFarland, Carl E., Jr.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1978
A modification of Posner's letter-matching paradigm is employed to study the development of abstract visual and name codes for letters in second, fourth, and sixth grade students. (CM)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Associative Learning, Codification
