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Peer reviewedWilkes, A. L.; Alred, G. – British Journal of Psychology, 1978
Two experiments are reported in which recall of the same information is compared following different priming passages. In one case the subjects were primed by material that was consistent with the content of the main passage; in a second case, the priming introduced information in conflict with it. It was found that inconsistent priming led to…
Descriptors: Experiments, Illustrations, Learning Processes, Memory
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
Download full textJohnson, Ronald E. – 1970
A series of seven experiments provided information on the relationship between the learning of prose and the structural importance of the linguistic subunits. Five samples of prose, including narrative folktales and two samples of textual prose, were studied to determine whether the patterning of learning corresponded to the structural importance…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Experiments, Fiction
