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In a pretest, A-B associations of 40 male undergraduates were obtained to A words with primaries of high or low frequency in Palermo and Jenkins’ norms. Ten trials with paragraphs containing A-C or D-C associations followed. In a posttest with A words alone, more C words and changes from pretest associations occurred after acquisition of A-C than of D-C associations. Experimentally established associations produced RI of preexperimentally established associations. Strength of primary made no difference.
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PALERMO, D. S., & JENKINS, J. J. Word association norms. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1964.
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Russell, E.P., Goss, A.E. Retroactive inhibition of preexperimentally established associations. Psychon Sci 14, 173–174 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03332774
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03332774