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Mediated interference in the A-B, B-Cr, A-C paradigm was investigated, using materials and procedures similar to those known to produce reliable mediated facilitation. In addition, recall of A-B was measured following either 0, 3, 7, or 15 trials of A-C learning. No evidence for mediated interference, in either the A-C acquisition or the A-B recall data, was found. It was concluded that the mediating processes in interference and facilitation paradigms may be quite different.
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1. This research was supported by Grant GB 2835 from the National Science Foundation. The critical appraisal of this paper by Allen R. Dobbs and George E. Weaver is gratefully acknowledged.
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Hopkins, R.H., Schulz, R.W. The A-B, B-Cr, A-C mediation paradigm: Recall of A-B following varying numbers of trials of A-C learning. Psychon Sci 9, 235–236 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330846
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