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Walter, Donald A.; Hellebusch, Stephen – Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1974
Two possible modifications of the Bousfield et al. (1958) RR-IAR memory model were proposed to explain why backward associations between critical stimulus and experimental words do not result in increased experimental word false positive rates, while forward associations do. (Author)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Diagrams, Experimental Psychology, Research Methodology
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O'Neill, Maureen E.; And Others – American Journal of Psychology, 1976
Recent research has suggested that the use of the shift effect as a measure of encoding is critically dependent upon its properties as a psychological phenomenon. Examines this interrelation in light of data from a simple experiment. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Codification, Data Analysis, Inhibition, Memory
McNinch, George – Southern Journal of Educational Research, 1974
The present study sought to investigate the influence different or mixed allographic presentations would have on sight word reading achievement of fourth grade pupils. As well it considered whether word identification is based on a process reaction to letter cues or word form cues. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Cues, Data Analysis, Educational Research, Reading Achievement
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Schill, Thomas; Bekker, Demoyne – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1976
The present study sought to determine whether high- and low-sexual responders on a double-entendre word association test differed in defensive preference on Gleser and Ihilevich's Defense Mechanism Inventory. (Author)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Testing, Measurement Instruments, Psychological Patterns
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Hinman, Suki; Freund, Joel S. – American Journal of Psychology, 1976
The basic question asked in this research was whether it is possible, through training, to influence a subject's preference for encoding a particular attribute. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Cluster Grouping, Codification, Data Analysis, Flow Charts
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Rubenstein, Judith S.; And Others – Adolescence, 1976
Attempts to determine objectively, by means of a word list containing specific sexual terms, which aspects of sex most interest young adolescents, and how the females and males differ in their interests. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Data Analysis, Educational Research, Research Methodology
Flexser, Arthur J.; Bower, Gordon H. – Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1974
The present experiments test two plausible interpretations of the effect of frequency on relative recency judgments. (Editor)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Experimental Psychology, Flow Charts, Memory
Barron, R. W.; Pittenger, J. B. – Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1974
The present experiment was conducted in order to assess the effects of practice, blocked versus mixed presentation and familiarity on "same"-"different" judgments. (Author)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Experimental Psychology, Lexicology, Orthographic Symbols
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Tulving, Endel; Watkins, Michael J. – American Journal of Psychology, 1973
In this paper, we report a simple experiment demonstrating one form of continuity between recall and recognition. (Author)
Descriptors: Cues, Data Analysis, Psychological Studies, Recall (Psychology)
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Wachs, Theodore D.; Gruen, Gerald E. – Child Development, 1971
Results indicated that availability of categories rather than frequency of words seemed most crucial in determining developmental changes in clustering efficiency. (Authors)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Analysis of Variance, Classification, Cluster Grouping
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Mohs, Richard C.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 1975
This paper describes two experiments that were designed to evaluate several possible models for the symbol-element paradigm. (Author)
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Data Analysis, Experimental Psychology, Flow Charts
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Freund, Joe S.; Witte, Kenneth L. – American Journal of Psychology, 1976
The present study examined the effects of two variables, association value (low, high) and length of anticipation interval (3 sec, 6 sec) on the paired-associate transfer performance of young and elderly adults in the A-B A-B paradigm. (Editor)
Descriptors: Charts, Data Analysis, Demography, Hypothesis Testing
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Mackey, W.F.; Savard, J. -G. – 1967
To supplement other lists of most useful words based on such criteria as frequency of usage, range, and availability, this listing measures the capacity of 3,000 words of the French vocabulary to define, extend the meaning of, or to replace other words. Descriptions of the measures of definition, inclusion, extension, and combination are followed…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Computational Linguistics, Coordinate Indexes, Data Analysis
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Fischer, Ute – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1994
Investigated the independent and interactive effects of contextual and definitional information on vocabulary learning. German students of English received either a text with unfamiliar English words or their monolingual English dictionary entries. A third group received both. Information about word context is crucial to understanding meaning. (44…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Control Groups, Data Analysis, Definitions