Effect of response requirement and type of material on acquisition and retention performance in short-term memory.

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Employed multiple list tasks to examine the performance of 90 undergraduates during input and output phases of short-term retention. The duration of time Ss exposed successive items in the experimental lists was recorded for free, ordered, and probe recall. The resultant patterns of exposure durations across serial positions were compared to the patterns of correct responses during recall. Specific predictions concerning the nature of the stimulus material (single letters, bigrams, and trigrams) and the recall requirements were made from 2 current models of memory. Results demonstrate an inverse relationship between input and output performance. Comparisons among the various treatment conditions support the N. C. Waugh and D. A. Norman model of memory (see record). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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