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Edgell, Stephen E.; Castellan, N. John, Jr. – Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1973
In a nonmetric multiple-cue probability learning task involving 2 binary cue dimensions, it was found that Ss can learn to use configural or pattern information (a) when only the configural information is relevant, and in addition to the configural information, one or both of the cue dimensions are relevant. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, College Students, Cues, Experimental Psychology
Battig, William F. – Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1973
Previous puzzling inconsistencies in results of experimental comparisions of paired-associate anticipation with recall (study-test) methods are indicated by Izawa's 1971 data to reflect longer inter- and/or intratrial intervals in experiments showing marked superiority of the recall method. (Editor)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Data Analysis, Expectation, Experimental Psychology
Restle, Frank – Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1973
The present article attempts to discover if learners can use three higher order transitions between subunits- to extend structures made of right-branching trees, to elaborate a tree by adding substructures, alternating responses from the two subsystems. (Author)
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Cognitive Processes, College Students, Learning Theories
Jones, Mari R. – Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1973
Two experiments compared Ss' serial recall of 16 hierarchically formed patterns of ordered digits. (Author)
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Memorization, Memory, Prediction
Pennington, Joyce; Wood, Gordon – Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1973
A series of 7 experiments was conducted to test whether the nature of prior encoding determines performance on tasks which require Ss to retrieve information from long-term storage. (Editor)
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), College Students, Memorization, Memory