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EFFECTS OF SEQUENTIAL ORDERING OF ADDED PAIRS AND OF CORRECTION V . NON‐CORRECTION PROCEDURES ON PAIRED‐ASSOCIATE PERFORMANCE
Author(s) -
BATTIG WILLIAM F.
Publication year - 1966
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.2044-8295.1966.tb01035.x
Subject(s) - serial learning , alternation (linguistics) , statistics , psychology , constant (computer programming) , arithmetic , mathematics , computer science , cognitive psychology , linguistics , recall , philosophy , programming language
An 8‐pair list was learned with fewer errors to criterion under a correction procedure, which equated number of correct responses for each individual pair, than the standard non‐correction procedure. Both interpair differences in degree of learning and retention, and variability between subjects, were reduced under the correction procedure. Each of 7 non‐correction conditions was then used for a second list of 6 new pairs, learned either alone or in conjunction with the 6 best‐learned list 1 pairs (either grouped together, alternated with new pairs, or randomly intermixed), in either constant or varied serial order. Neither sequential grouping nor alternation facilitated list 2 performance, and alternation after non‐correction learning of list 1 elicited significantly more errors after the first correct response. Constant serial order for list 2 required fewer trials to criterion than varied serial order.