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Clustering in Middle and Old Age
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Denney, Nancy Wadsworth – Developmental Psychology, 1974
Two kinds of paired associate lists (complementary and similarity relationships) were presented to middle-aged and elderly subjects for free recall. (DP)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Cluster Analysis, Human Development
Some Necessary Conditions for Producing Reinstatement Effects in Children
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Choi, Kyoung; Hoving, Kenneth L. – Developmental Psychology, 1972
Reinstatement is the increased retention of previously learned behavior. (MB)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Grade 1, Memory, Paired Associate Learning
Reinstatement Effects in Children
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And Others; Hoving, Kenneth L. – Developmental Psychology, 1972
Aim of this experiment was to determine whether the increased retention of early learned behavior in animals might also be operable in children. (Authors/MB)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Elementary School Students, Learning Theories, Memory
Age, Pacing, and Imagery in Paired-Associate Learning
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Treat, Nancy J.; Reese, Hayne W. – Developmental Psychology, 1976
Noun pairs were learned by younger and older adults. Anticipation and presentation intervals were manipulated, and there were no-imagery, experimenter-provided imagery, and self-generated imagery instructions. Older subjects generated and used imagery with the same facility as younger subjects, although retrieval time was longer. (GO)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Imagery, Learning Processes, Memory
When Recognition Memory Fails: The Use of an Elimination Strategy by Young Children.
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Ackerman, Brian P.; Emmerich, Helen Jones – Developmental Psychology, 1978
Children in two studies were shown a sequence of pictorial paired associates for study. They were subsequently tested for their recognition memory of these items plus an additional four new items that could be recognized if the child engaged in a reasoning-by-exclusion strategy. (JMB)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Logical Thinking
Developmental Invariance in Distinctiveness Effects in Memory
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Howe, Mark L. – Developmental Psychology, 2006
Improvements in 5- and 7-year-olds' acquisition and retention of related concept pairings were examined when additional similarities and differences between pair members were provided. Using a standard paired-associate learning paradigm, children learned 18 related picture pairs; some of the children either were given or produced additional…
Descriptors: Memory, Paired Associate Learning, Recall (Psychology), Young Children