scholarly journals Verbal discrimination learning and retention as a function of performance or observation and ease of conceptualization of task materials

1980 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melvin H. Marx ◽  
Kathleen Marx ◽  
Andrew L. Homer
Keyword(s):  
Discrimination Learning ◽  
Verbal Discrimination ◽  
Verbal Discrimination Learning

Feedback and Anxiety in Verbal Discrimination Learning

1984 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 895-899 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. G. Schneider ◽  
G. D. Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Discrimination Learning ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Negative Feedback ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Verbal Discrimination ◽  
Verbal Discrimination Learning ◽  
Performance Differences ◽  
Subject Variables ◽  
Independent Variable

120 volunteers learned a 12-pair list of 4-letter words of low frequency. The independent variable was feedback (positive only, negative only, or positive and negative), and trait anxiety (high or low) and sex (male or female) were used as subject-variables. For errors per trial, the interaction of feedback, anxiety, and trials was significant. Individuals low in anxiety performed poorly when exposed to negative feedback while feedback contingencies were not related to performance differences for the highly anxious individuals. The results are discussed in terms of task-related state anxiety.

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