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Perlmutter, Lawrence C.; Monty, Richard A. – Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1973
The purpose of the present experiments was to further explore the role of choice by giving Ss the opportunity to choose the stimulus words rather than the response words. (Author)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, College Students, Motivation, Paired Associate Learning
Monty, Richard A.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 1979
It was hypothesized that freedom to choose words to be learned, but not the actual choice of words per se, improves performance in paired-associate tasks. Subjects offered an attractive or meaningful choice performed significantly better than subjects offered an unattractive choice, which was equivalent to no choice at all. (Author/CP)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Individual Power, Motivation, Paired Associate Learning
