Word frequency and accumulative proactive inhibition.

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AN INTERFERENCE THEORY OF FORGETTING WHICH EMPHASIZES PROACTIVE INHIBITION (PI) FROM LINGUISTIC ASSOCIATIONS PREDICTS THAT THE PI IN THE RECALL OF SUCCESSIVE LISTS OF WORDS SHOULD BUILD UP MORE RAPIDLY IF THE LISTS ARE MADE UP OF HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDS THAN IF MADE UP OF LOW-FREQUENCY WORDS. SS LEARNED 4 LISTS OF 16 PAIRS TO A CRITERION OF 12 CORRECT, EACH SUCCESSIVE LIST BEING RECALLED AFTER 24 HR. THE WORDS IN THE LISTS LEARNED BY 1 GROUP WERE AA 2-SYLLABLE WORDS; FOR THE OTHER GROUP, THE FREQUENCY WAS 1 PER MILLION. PI INCREASED DIRECTLY AS A FUNCTION OF NUMBER OF PRIOR LISTS BUT DID NOT DIFFER AS A FUNCTION OF WORD FREQUENCY; THUS, THEORETICAL EXPECTATIONS WERE NOT CONFIRMED. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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