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Verbal discrimination transfer with structured lists that permit the operation of an intrapair selection strategy was compared for reversal and nonreversal shift conditions. Reversal transfer was significantly superior to nonreversal transfer. However, reversal transfer did not differ significantly from a control condition in which the selection strategy was operative on the transfer list only.
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Deichmann, J.W., Minnigerode, F.A. & Kausler, D.H. Selection strategies and reversal-nonreversal shifts in verbal discrimination transfer. Psychon Sci 18, 209–210 (1970). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335740
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