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Monty, Richard A.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 1979
It was hypothesized that freedom to choose words to be learned, but not the actual choice of words per se, improves performance in paired-associate tasks. Subjects offered an attractive or meaningful choice performed significantly better than subjects offered an unattractive choice, which was equivalent to no choice at all. (Author/CP)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Individual Power, Motivation, Paired Associate Learning
