scholarly journals Stimulus context and retroactive inhibition in free recall

1969 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 253-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graeme H. Watts ◽  
James M. Royer
Keyword(s):  
Free Recall ◽  
Retroactive Inhibition ◽  
Stimulus Context

Noun Imagery and Retroactive Inhibition in Free Recall

1978 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 691-696
Author(s):  
Wayne H. Decker ◽  
J. Stephen Scott
Keyword(s):  
Free Recall ◽  
Mixed List ◽  
Retroactive Inhibition ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Response Set ◽  
Single List ◽  
Similarity Effect

Two experiments were conducted investigating retroactive inhibition in free recall as a function of rated imagery level (high or low). In Exp. I there was significant retroactive inhibition in all experimental conditions relative to single-list controls and more interference when two lists of the same imagery level were learned than when the lists were different in imagery. In Exp. II all subjects learned a mixed List 1 containing nouns, half of high and half of low imagery. List 2 were nouns of high, mixed, or low imagery. The effect of type of List 2 was not significant, but the interaction of List 1 imagery and type of List 2 did reach significance. The amount of retroactive inhibition-at each level of imagery was related to the number of List 2 words at the same level. Thus, the similarity effect is not dependent on the similarity of Lists 1 and 2 as wholes, as the response-set interpretation of retroactive inhibition suggests, but seems to be due to more specific interference among items similar in imagery.

Paced and Unpaced Output and Retroactive Inhibition in Free Recall

1977 ◽  
Vol 40 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1203-1206
Author(s):  
Wayne H. Decker
Keyword(s):  
Free Recall ◽  
Recall Test ◽  
Original Learning ◽  
Retroactive Inhibition ◽  
Final Recall ◽  
Temporal Effect ◽  
Unusual Finding

Separate and simultaneous free recall of two lists containing both repeated and nonrepeated category words were compared under paced and unpaced conditions. 84 undergraduates served as subjects. Retroactive inhibition, measured as loss between original learning and final recall, was greater for separate recall than simultaneous, greater for paced recall than unpaced, and greater for nonrepeated than repeated categories. The recall test and pacing conditions interacted, as separate recall yielded greater retroactive inhibition than simultaneous with paced but not with unpaced recall. The unusual finding of greater retroactive inhibition in nonrepeated categories was attributed to the relatively large number of small categories. The interaction of recall test and pacing may indicate that a temporal effect has been mistaken for a recall-test effect in previous studies.

Retroactive inhibition following reinstatement or maintenance of first-list responses by means of free recall.

1971 ◽  
Vol 90 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles N. Cofer ◽  
Naaman F. Faile ◽  
David L. Horton
Keyword(s):  
Free Recall ◽  
Retroactive Inhibition
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