Twenty-five grade 11 and 12 subjects (Ss) performed 70
Trials by the anticipation method of PAL on each of two 12 pair
lists. The experimental condition consisted of a single 12 pair
list in which the pairs to be learned were mediately as well as
immediately associated. The list comprising the control condition
differed only in that the pairs to be learned were not mediately
associated with one another.
Low " a " value verbal items and a 1 .6 sec. presentation interval were used. The purpose of these measures was to
determine whether, as Hull's (1939) model of secondary generalization would indicate, an associative connection can be
formed between two previously unrelated verbal items by
associating each independently with a third verbal item.
The hypothesis that learning performance on the mediately
associated items would be superior to the control items was
supported with a significant difference between the two
occurring at the fourth block of two trials. In addition,
postexperimental interview data indicated that only three of
the 25 Ss in the experimental condition became spontaneously
aware of the mediational relationship among the items in their
list.
The results are interpreted as indicating that associative
as well as conceptual process can be involved in the mediational
facilitation of verbal learning. / Arts, Faculty of / Psychology, Department of / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/42124 |
| Date | January 1972 |
| Creators | Scott, David John |
| Publisher | University of British Columbia |
| Source Sets | University of British Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis/Dissertation |
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