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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
