Effects of Different Mediational Instructions and Sex of Subject on Paired-Associate Learning of Concrete Nouns

Autor: Rimm, David C., Alexander, Ralph A., Eiles, Richard R.
Zdroj: Psychological Reports; December 1969, Vol. 25 Issue: 3 p935-940, 6p
Abstrakt: The present investigation compared the relative effectiveness of four differing instructional sets on the paired-associate acquisition of concrete nouns. Possible sex differences were also examined. The instructional sets included standard paired-associate instructions (Minimal instructions), Rote Rehearsal, Verbal Mediation (requiring that Suse a sentence or phrase containing both members of a given pair) and Visual Imagery Mediation (requiring that Screate an imagined scene depicting both objects which the words of the pair represented). Consistent with previous findings, acquisition was greatly facilitated under Visual Imagery Mediation. Discrepant with past findings, however, performance under Verbal Mediation, although slightly superior to performance under the standard and rehearsal sets, was significantly inferior to performance under imagery instructions. Sex of Swas not significantly related to performance.
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