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Blumenthal, Gary B.; Robbins, Donald – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 1977
Three experiments were conducted, investigating the buildup of and the release from proactive interference, in which the stimulus materials were brief prose passages about specific topics. Each passage was followed by a multiple-choice test, and then a final test on all the passages read was given. Implications of the data for standardized tests…
Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, Experiments, Inhibition, Memory
