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Perfetti, Charles A.; And Others – 1971
Norms of free association to common ambiguous English words are reported. Responses were categorized on the basis of sense relevance. On this basis, the sense dominance of the words was quantified, and the degree of ambiguity associated with each word estimated by the information measure U. This publication will be of interest primarily to…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Associative Learning, Data Collection, Language Research
Glenberg, Arthur M. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1976
Three experiments are reported investigating the relationship between response recall and the spacing of repetitions as a function of the retention interval. The results of the experiments support the theory which emphasizes the nature of the cues available for retrieval. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Cognitive Processes, Cues, Learning Processes

Anderson, John R.; Bower, Gordon H. – Psychological Review, 1972
Article describes two processes in free recall: a retrieval process and a recognition process. Experiments confirmed the predicted dissociation of recognition and retrieval. (Author/ML)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Cognitive Processes, Experimental Psychology, Information Retrieval
Caramazza, Alfonso; And Others – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1976
Four experiments are reported in which relations of semantic distance to response latencies in similarity judgments, to reaction times in a same-different classification task, and to proximity of recall in a free recall task were investigated. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Cognitive Processes, Language Processing, Language Research

Kjeldergaard, Paul M. – Review of Educational Research, 1961
This review of professional literature on the psychology of language summarizes and interprets selected books and articles published during the period 1957-60. The literature, selected on the basis of importance and applicability to education, is considered under the following headings: theories, research techniques, verbal learning, and…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Bibliographies, Conditioning, Electronic Equipment
Cole, Michael; And Others – 1971
After intensively studying for several years the thinking processes of members of a tribal group in Western Africa, the Kpelle, the authors examine the relation between culture and cognitive development. The following issues are discussed: (1) an analysis of the terms "culture" and "cognition"; (2) an ethnographic description of the Kpelle…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Associative Learning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Hayes, Alfred S.; Vis, Joan – 1969
This document is the seventh report in the Language Research in Progress (LRIP) series, and lists a wide variety of language-related research projects current between April 1968 and November 1968. Research projects terminated in the six months prior to publication are included as well. Approximately 250 projects in the U.S. and abroad are…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Associative Learning, Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception