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A different list of 30 experimental word pairs was presented once to each of 20 Ss. Immediately following list presentation, the first member of each pair was presented to S who attempted to recall missing words. Word pairs for each S were taken from previously gathered continued association data. One third of the pairs consisted of word association stimuli paired with S’s own first associates to those stimuli, one third consisted of stimuli paired with associates from the middle of S’s hierarchy and one third consisted of stimuli paired with last words given by S in the continued association task. Recall data indicated that first associates were recalled more than middle or last associates.
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1. This research was supported by USPHS Grant No. MH11503.
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Garskof, B.E., Shapiro, E.B. & Brandstadter, J. Order of emission in continued association as a predictor of individual free recall. Psychon Sci 7, 209–210 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03328544
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