Apparent backward association: A situational effect.
- 1 January 1958
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Experimental Psychology
- Vol. 55 (4) , 390-395
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0044258
Abstract
Experiment I showed that inferred backward associations among words may act as mediating links in the facilitation of paired-associate learning. Ss recalled the facilitating associations significantly more frequently in the sequence of their being encountered in the experiment as contrasted with the sequence of high associative strength in the norms. This led to the hypothesis of a recency effect contaminating the results. Experiment II concluded that the augmentation of associative strength by recent elicitation of the response members may produce apparent backward associations as artifacts. 18 references. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)Keywords
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