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Transfer of training as a function of first list learning was studied using the A-B, A-C paired-associate paradigm. Degree of learning on the first list was defined in terms of the number of practice trials (5 trials, 10 trials, trials to one perfect repetition) on the complete list and in terms of the degree of learning of individual pairs within the list. The degree of learning of individual pairs on the first list was manipulated by incorporating the % ORM technique of partial reinforcement (100, 60, and 20% ORM). The results indicated that negative transfer in the A-B, A-C paradigm (as compared to the A-B, C-D control paradigm) was a direct function of the number of practice trials but was not related to % ORM level. Implications of these results were discussed.
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1. The present research was supported by NIMH grant MH 13130-01 to the author. Appreciation is expressed to Richard Meltzer and Kathleen O’Shaunessy who ran the Ss and participated in the data analysis.
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Goulet, L.R. Degree of learning and transfer of training. Psychon Sci 8, 245–246 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331643
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