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Sixty-six Ss were individually presented a series of 40 slides showing stimuli each with five possible responses and instructed to learn the correct responses to the stimuli. During the second presentation of the slides half the Ss were informed that the slides for which they had previously given “right” answers would be marked by a red X, as in fact they were. In comparison with Ss who did not see red Xs which denoted stimuli previously responded to correctly, informed Ss made significantly fewer repetitions of errors for positions both before and after rewarded S-R pairs. The results support Nuttin’s explanation of the spread of effect.
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This investigation was supported in part by a Faculty Research Award from the University of North Dakota to the first author.
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Leonard, T.B., Raffetto, A.M. Some evidence supporting Nuttin’s explanation of spread of effect. Psychon Sci 13, 319–320 (1968). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03342605
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