Images as mediators in one-trial paired-associate learning: II. Self-timing in successive lists.

Abstract

36 STUDENTS LEARNED 6 SUCCESSIVE LISTS OF 10 WORDS IN NUMERICAL ORDER USING A MNEMONIC SYSTEM DESIGNED TO EMPLOY IMAGERY AS A MEDIATIONAL DEVICE. SS LEARNED THE LISTS BETTER AND REMEMBERED SIGNIFICANTLY MORE OF THE ASSOCIATIONS AFTER ALL LISTS HAD BEEN LEARNED THAN DID CONTROLS. SS REPORTED USE OF STRONG IMAGERY WITH CHARACTERISTICS OF COLOR, SIZE, DIRECTION, POSSESSION, ETC. SS SHOWED LITTLE EVIDENCE OF INTERFERENCE; CONTROLS SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT PATTERN OF RISES AND FALLS IN THEIR LEARNING SUGGESTING A STRONG INTERFERENCE EFFECT. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)