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Download full textBruce, Darryl; Papay, James P. – 1970
In three experiments using a single-trial, free-recall procedure, subjects were sometimes presented a forget cue during a list, meaning that they were not responsible for recalling any of the words which preceded it, only those which followed it. Since the primacy effect over the functional beginning of such lists was not diminished, the proactive…
Descriptors: Cues, Extinction (Psychology), Inhibition, Memory
Peer reviewedBerch, Daniel B. – Child Development, 1978
Results of two experiments suggested (1) that spatial cues serve as functional stimuli in the standard probe-type task, and (2) that the contextual uniqueness of the first item is probably responsible for the occurrence of primacy in young children. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cues, Elementary School Students, Memory
