Physical Similarity and Stimulus Recognition: Interference Could Still Be Associative.

Runquist, Willard N.

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Publication Date: 1978

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Physical Similarity and Stimulus Recognition: Interference Could Still Be Associative

Runquist, Willard N.

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 4, 1, 32-6, Jan 78

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, Paired Associate Learning, Psychological Studies, Recall (Psychology), Research Methodology, Tables (Data)

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