The Effects of Similarity and Repetition of Response Alternatives on Various Types of Paired Associate Learning

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Title
The Effects of Similarity and Repetition of Response Alternatives on Various Types of Paired Associate Learning
Date
1965
Index Abstract
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Report Number
AMRL TR 65-214
Creator
Johnson, K. A.
Senter, R. J.
Smith, F. W.
Corporate Author
University of Cincinnati
Laboratory
Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories
Extent
24
Identifier
AD0633059
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Distribution Classification
1
Contract
AF 33(615)-1046
DoD Project
1710
DoD Task
171007
DTIC Record Exists
No
Distribution Change Authority Correspondence
None
Distribution Conflict
No
Abstract
The investigation was an attempt to find learning materials for which the simultaneous presentation technique would be inferior to other techniques. Subjects learned a 40-item list of paired-associates under one of four training conditions. The stimulus terms were the names of electronic circuits, the response terms, schematic diagrams of electronic circuits. Half the items had distractors that were very similar to the correct response term, the remaining half, distractors that were less similar. Half the items in each of these groups had distractors that were the correct response terms for other items in the list. The remaining items had distractors that were unique to a given item. The overall differences between training techniques were not large, but there was some indication that the Five Alternative Prompt condition was inferior to the remaining conditions. Interactions were found between training conditions and item types, but again the differences involved were not large. Separate comparisons on the various item types indicated that in no case was the One Alternative Prompt condition reliably inferior to any of the remaining conditions.
Report Availability
Full text available
Date Issued
1965-12
Provenance
RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine
Type
report
Format
1 online resource
Media
AMRLTR65-214.pdf

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