MULTIPLE REINFORCEMENT EFFECTS IN SHORT‐TERM MEMORY | Zendy

Brelsford J. W. | Zendy; Shiffrin R. M. | Zendy; Atkinson R. C. | Zendy

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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.

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