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Forty-eight Ss learned successively four homogeneous lists constructed by pairing stimuli with their most frequent, their second, their third, or their fourth normative response. Predictions of paired-associate learning from associative strength defined by both rank and normative frequency of response were confirmed. The results were attributed to (1) utilization of a complex indicator of associative strength, and (2) establishment of conditions which facilitated development of appropriate response sets.
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This research was performed in part while the second author was a National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Participant. This research also received support, in part, from a faculty research award to the first author from the San Diego State College Foundation and from a research grant to the third author from the San Fernando Valley State College Foundation
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Linton, M., Jewett, M. & Brotsky, S.J. Prediction of paired-associate learning from a complex indicator of associative strength. Psychon Sci 21, 354–355 (1970). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335815
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