| Abstract: | Since previous experiments have yielded conflicting results as to whether or not specific associative unlearning occurs in the different stimuli-different responses (AB-CD) paradigm, 2 experiments were directed at this problem. In Exp. I, with 96 undergraduates who were naive to verbal learning experiments, the response-form class of AB-CD lists was varied; no evidence of associative unlearning was found in any condition. In Exp. II, with 100 Ss, significant unlearning was found with similar and identical stimuli in both lists, but not when nonsense syllables and numbers were used as stimuli in successive lists, or when minimally related nonsense syllables were used as stimulus terms in the 2 lists. J. B. McGovern's (see record 2011-18733-001) analysis of unlearning was supported. (French summary) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved) |
