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Employing four paired-associate transfer paradigms, (A-B, B-C, A-E; A-B, D-C, A-E; A-B, B-E, A-E; A-B, D-E, A-E), an attempt was made to replicate Handler & Earhard’s pseudomediation study with group B-E serving as a control for possible mediational effects. Stage III results supported the pseudomediation hypothesis and no additional significant effects were attributable to mediation factors. However, differences between groups in degree of A-B unlearning were not found.
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This research was supported in part by grants from NSP (GS 541), NICHHD (HD-01136-01), and the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota to the Center for Research in Human Learning at which the author is a predoctoral trainee.
Sincere appreciation is extended to Drs. J. J. Jenkins, W. A. Russell, and M. A. Trapold for advice and to S. C. Juuti, T. J. Keeney, and W. A. Myers for experimental assistance.
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Carlson, J.G. Pseudomediation effects with no intertrial intervals. Psychon Sci 5, 77–78 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03328288
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