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Feedback in A-Br transfer was varied, with Ss given specific correction (SC) on error trials by getting the correct pairing or given outcome correction (OC) on error trials by being given outcome information only (“right”/“wrong”). Error elimination was considered more likely with OC than with SC. Relative to A-B, C-D, there was more negative transfer for the Ss learning A-B, A-Br with OC feedback on both lists than was the case for Ss given SC feedback. This difference presumably resulted because the repairing made an elimination correct, and this interference combined with associative interference to increase negative transfer. Negative transfer was reduced when the stimuli allowed a recoding of the functional stimulus, i.e., low formal similarity of CVCs, independent of the feedback procedure.
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The preparation of this report was facilitated by Grant No. 1 R03 MH18690-01 from the National Institutes of Health. The authors wish to acknowledge the comments on an earlier draft by L. R. Goulet and D. H. Kausler.
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Mueller, J.H., Jablonski, E.M. & Weinbach, J. Correction procedures in A-Br transfer: Error elimination?. Psychon Sci 22, 105–107 (1971). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03332517
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