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Potts, George R.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 1981
Factors affecting the failure to use world knowledge to complete an otherwise incomplete linear ordering was examined. Failure persisted after three repetitions was unaffected by order of presentation or nature of test procedure. Performance was affected by overall amounts of known and new information and by their relation. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Individual Differences, Knowledge Level
