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MULTIPLE REINFORCEMENT EFFECTS IN SHORT‐TERM MEMORY
Author(s) -
Brelsford J. W.,
Shiffrin R. M.,
Atkinson R. C.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
british journal of mathematical and statistical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.157
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 2044-8317
pISSN - 0007-1102
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8317.1968.tb00395.x
Subject(s) - memorization , term (time) , session (web analytics) , computer science , reinforcement , short term memory , test (biology) , long term memory , cognitive psychology , psychology , arithmetic , mathematics , social psychology , working memory , cognition , paleontology , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , biology , world wide web
A continuous memorizing situation was studied in which test and study trials alternated throughout an experimental session. The items studied were paired‐associates. The interval between study and test for a particular item was randomly determined; and an item was given one, two, three or four reinforcements. A quantitative model is proposed which has two memory stores: a short‐term store in which the subject generates a carefully controlled rehearsal scheme of fixed length, and a long‐term store in which information is accumulated and lost. A large number of theoretical predictions of the model were verified quantitatively by the data, which confirm results of previous experiments, and support the hypothesis that highly structured rehearsal schemes play a major role in many short‐term memory and learning situations.