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A paired-associate transfer experiment, using CVC lists, compared the A-B, C-A paradigm to the A-B, C-D control The second variable in the factorial design was the direction of List 2 learning, either forward or bidirectional. List 1 was practiced until learned, and List 2 until two successive errorless trials. Bidirectional learning was reliably slower than forward learning alone. A follow-up test of List 1 associative matching, using A-B, C-D as the baseline, showed reliable unlearning for the bidirectional A-B, C-A group, falling short with the forward learning group. Additional sources of List 2 facilitation apparently compensated for the added bidirectional interference.
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1. The research reported in this paper was performed by HumRRO Division No. 2 (Armor) Fort Knox, Kentucky, under Department of the Army contract with The George Washington University. The contents of this paper do not necessarily represent the official opinion of the Department of the Army. The author wishes to acknowledge the assistance of Duane D. Bangs who collected the data.
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Schulman, R.M. Bidirectional List 2 learning and the A-B, C-A transfer paradigm. Psychon Sci 12, 275–276 (1968). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331307
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