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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
Hasher, Lynn; Griffin, Mary – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 1978
A perspective, based on an elaboration of Underwood's (1969) attributes model of memory, is advanced which proposes that for all types of information both detailed and thematic attributes are stored. Two experiments using prose passages as stimulus materials test this proposal. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, Experiments, Memory, Prose
Moeser, Shannon Dawn – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 1978
In a series of experiments, it was found that asking questions about information in a prose sequence while it is being presented can affect the degree to which that prose material is stored as a unitized whole, and that this in turn will affect how well that prose is remembered. (Editor)
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Experimental Psychology, Experiments, Item Analysis
