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Subjects were asked for either free or ordered recall of eight-consonant immediate memory stimuli; ordered recall was scored by both free- and ordered-recall criteria. In terms of total errors, free-recall scoring performance was better than ordered-recall scoring; however, instructed free recall was better than ordered recall scored by a free-recall criterion. In all cases, emission of a redundant prefix increased error frequencies. There was evidence that with regard to the shape of the serial position curve, the instructional set was more important than the scoring criterion.
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This research was supported by NSF Grant GB 4066. The assistance of Kathleen A. Cantanese in collecting the data is appreciated.
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Crowder, R.G. On free recall and free-recall scoring in immediate memory. Psychon Sci 14, 255–256 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329109
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