TY - JOUR
T1 - Response competition in the forgetting of paired associates
AU - Anderson, Richard C.
AU - Watts, Graeme H.
N1 - Funding Information:
The research reported in this paper was supported in part by the Advanced Research Projects Agency through the Office of Naval Research under Contract ONR Nonr 3985(08). The authors are indebted to John Carter, Laura Klemt, and Maunce Mahan, who assisted in collecting the data.
PY - 1971/2
Y1 - 1971/2
N2 - Two experiments involving 224 college undergraduates investigated retroactive inhibition (RI) with paired associates learned under the A-B, A-C, the A-B, A-Br, or the A-B, C-D paradigm. First-list retention was assessed using one of three types of unpaced multiplechoice test. When each test item included the specific competing response from the second list, there was a substantial amount of RI; whereas no RI appeared when test items entailed only first-list responses or noncompeting second-list responses. The results were interpreted as evidence for specific response competition.
AB - Two experiments involving 224 college undergraduates investigated retroactive inhibition (RI) with paired associates learned under the A-B, A-C, the A-B, A-Br, or the A-B, C-D paradigm. First-list retention was assessed using one of three types of unpaced multiplechoice test. When each test item included the specific competing response from the second list, there was a substantial amount of RI; whereas no RI appeared when test items entailed only first-list responses or noncompeting second-list responses. The results were interpreted as evidence for specific response competition.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0022-5371(71)80089-0
DO - 10.1016/S0022-5371(71)80089-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:14044276704
SN - 0022-5371
VL - 10
SP - 29
EP - 34
JO - Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior
JF - Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior
IS - 1
ER -