Homonyms as items in verbal discrimination learning and transfer.

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In Exp. I, verbal discrimination (VD) lists composed of homonym word pairs as wrong (W) and right (R) items were more difficult to learn than a control list containing no homonym word pairs. Ss were 36 undergraduates. Moreover, an intrapair W-R homonym condition was less difficult to learn than an interpair W-R condition. Free recall measures of W and R items indicated that the intra- and interpiar conditions differed primarily in the process employed to "tag and collapse" pairs of items for use in the recognition of R items during VD practice. In Exp II, the W1-R1, W2-R1' VD transfer paradigm was employed with homonym words providing the R1-R1' relationship. Positive transfer, relative to the W1-R1, W2-R2 control, was found, but only when Ss were informed that List 2 contained items similar to List 1 items. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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