In this study on set illusion, control subjects (those having no experimental experiences) and experimental subjects (those being exposed to "setting" trials) were compared on various measures usually indicative of strength of set. (Editor/RK)

The present study was conducted using two measures, reaction time and recognition, to assess the effects of pronounceability on encoding real words and nonwords. (Author/RK)

This study investigates the information processing requirements of paired associate task under the following conditions: imagery vs. rote instructions, low vs. high item imagery, and visual vs. aural reaction time signals. (Author)

Offers several ideas for utilizing pictures in stimulating the student's sense of creative dramatics. (MM)

Results indicated that the nature of a memory unit does not change with age, that memory improves with age, and that separate visual and verbal memories are operative in Ss in this age range. (Author)

Do prior hedonic and excitational variations have influence on the appreciation of subsequently presented music? Implications for the manipulation of response to music and to other affect-producing communications through variations in prior stimulation are discussed. (Author/KM)

Results demonstrate that the relationship between the structure of positive and negative instances within a learning series is also critical to concept learning when the concepts are presented in a nondimensioned way. (Authors/CB)

Results showed that instructions significantly increased recognition accuracy. (Author/MB)

Research supported by the Central Fund for Research, Pennsylvania State University. (LS)

Eye movement of nonreaders (kindergarten subjects) and readers (third-grade subjects) were measured during a visual discrimination task involving matched and unmatched pairs of four-letter pseudowords. Both quantitative and qualitative analyses support the conclusion that the development of perceptual strategies is a direct result of increasing…