The effects of intraserial and interserial repetition on recall

Experiment I reported here indicates that the Ranschburg effect, an inhibitory effect on the recall of repeated elements, depends upon the occurrence of intra- and interserial repetition. This result was taken to point to the contribution of proactive interference to this effect, an implication gene...

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Published in:Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior 1972-01, Vol.11 (6), p.706-716
Main Author: Jahnke, John C.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Experiment I reported here indicates that the Ranschburg effect, an inhibitory effect on the recall of repeated elements, depends upon the occurrence of intra- and interserial repetition. This result was taken to point to the contribution of proactive interference to this effect, an implication generally supported by the results of experiment II. While experiment I seems to define a necessary condition for the Ranschburg effect, experiment II suggests why it is that concurrent intra- and interserial repetition has its inhibitory effect. The encoding and memory mechanisms previously offered to account for the Ranschburg effect are not necessarily contradicted by these results, however; the mechanisms may come into play because of proactive effects on memory.
ISSN:0022-5371
0749-596X
DOI:10.1016/S0022-5371(72)80005-7