"Twenty-four Ss learned 0, 2, 4, and 6 lists of paired-adjectives presented for four trials each, prior to the learning of another list until six responses were correctly anticipated. The major data presented were concerned with associative inhibition in learning the six consecutive lists. The results show: 1. In the series of six lists, the greatest degree of associative inhibition obtains in the learning of the second list, both in initial amounts and greatest perseveration. 2. There is a decrease in inhibition in the learning of the fourth list followed by an increase on the fifth and sixth lists, but only on the first anticipation trial. The data show conclusively that the amount of positive transfer which eventually accrues in the successive lists is directly related to the number of prior lists learned." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)