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THE ATTENTION‐GETTING VALUE OF STRUCTURAL CHANGE
Author(s) -
GREEN ROBERT T.
Publication year - 1958
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1958.tb00668.x
Subject(s) - psychology , gestalt psychology , cognitive psychology , task (project management) , value (mathematics) , serial learning , variable (mathematics) , social psychology , statistics , perception , mathematical analysis , recall , mathematics , management , neuroscience , economics
The structure of a list of items in a serial learning task seems to have a reliable influence upon the probability of recalling a particular item. The results pose serious difficulties for either the gestalt or the usual behaviouristic serial interference interpretations. In particular, it would appear that earlier experiments which were explained in terms of Von Restorff's ‘isolation’ effect have overlooked and confounded the variable of structural change.