| Abstract: | Argues that for simple vocabulary items, the amount that Ss can learn during a given period of study is markedly underestimated when unusually slow (8-sec or slower) presentation rates are imposed. That disadvantage apparently is less when Ss use the keyword mnemonic. Most researchers who have shown the keyword method to be superior to a nonmnemonic control condition may have overestimated the extent of keyword superiority under typical conditions, in which Ss have not been constrained by slow presentation rates. The use of self-pacing or of multiple-rate conditions in such experiments is suggested. (9 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
