Retrieval strategies for linearly ordered information

In 2 experiments, a total of 50 undergraduates responded to pairs of test items from learned linear orderings (e.g., "Tom is taller than Dick"; "Dick is taller than Sam"). Exp I used 4-term orderings and compared true-false judgments to test items with a 2-choice response procedu...

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Published in:Journal of Experimental Psychology : Human Learning and Memory 1977-01, Vol.3 (1), p.10-17
Main Authors: Polich, John M, Potts, George R
Format: Article
Language:English
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Cognitive Processes
Human
Memory
Sentence Comprehension
Testing Methods
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Summary:In 2 experiments, a total of 50 undergraduates responded to pairs of test items from learned linear orderings (e.g., "Tom is taller than Dick"; "Dick is taller than Sam"). Exp I used 4-term orderings and compared true-false judgments to test items with a 2-choice response procedure in which Ss indicated directly which of the test items came first in the ordering. Reaction time profiles from the true-false procedure produced a significant interaction between the end terms of the ordering and the truth value of the test pair. In the 2-choice situation, performance was facilitated when the initial end term was a member of the test pair, but no interaction was obtained. Exp II employed 6-term orderings and the 2-choice paradigm to unconfound the effects of interitem distance and end-term processing. Responses to test pairs were generally distributed as a function of the larger test item's position in the linear ordering. Results are compared with previous studies of ordered linguistic, preceptual, and numerical information.
ISSN:0096-1515
0278-7393
2327-9745
1939-1285
DOI:10.1037/0278-7393.3.1.10