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Download full textJones, Mary E.; Farley, Frank H. – 1970
This report focuses on memory research, using 'interestingness' as a variable in paired-associate (PA) learning and retention. Nine PA lists were constructed from 'interestingness' ratings (high, medium, and low) on both stimulus and response sides, and controls over associative properties of stimulus and response terms. Subjects (162) were…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Memory, Motivation, Pacing
Meara, Naomi M.; Wixson, Stanton E. – 1970
The study is based on the assumption that certain noncognitive factors influence the learning process, and attempts to tentatively isolate what such variables might be. Subjects were 93 students enrolled in a General Psychology course. Each completed the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and was then assigned randomly to one of 4 treatment groups: (1)…
Descriptors: College Students, Learning, Learning Motivation, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedBower, Mary Swain – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1973
Differential incentive values of verbal stimuli were tested under conditions of high and low reinforcement. Results indicated the 40 fifth grade boys acquired responses faster when high preference items were used. (ST)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Learning Processes, Motivation
Peer reviewedLong, K. Kilby; Bessemer, David W. – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
