Unlearning of List 1 right items in verbal-discrimination transfer.

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THE HYPOTHESIS THAT A COMPETITION-UNLEARNING MECHANISM FOR NEGATIVE TRANSFER EXISTS IN THE W1-R1, W1-R2 (IDENTICAL WRONG ITEMS IN LISTS 1 AND 2 BUT DIFFERENT RIGHT ITEMS) VERBAL-DISCRIMINATION <&(VD) PARADIGM WAS TESTED BY MEANS OF A MODIFIED FREE-RECALL METHOD. AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP LEARNED LIST 1 (W1-R1 PAIRS) TO CRITERION, FOLLOWED BY 10 TRIALS ON LIST 2 (W1-R2 PAIRS). 1 CONTROL GROUP LEARNED LIST 1, THEN RECEIVED 10 TRIALS ON A NEUTRAL LIST 2 (W2-R2 PAIRS) AS A CONTROL FOR OUTPUT INTERFERENCE DURING MODIFIED FREE RECALL. AS A CONTROL FOR NORMAL FORGETTING, ANOTHER CONTROL GROUP LEARNED LIST 1 ONLY, THEN PERFORMED ON AN IRRELEVANT TASK PRIOR TO LIST 1 RECALL. UNLEARNING OF BOTH R1 ITEMS AND W1-R1 ASSOCIATIONS WAS DEMONSTRATED, WITH THE EFFECT BEING ATTRIBUTABLE TO PRACTIVE ON COMPETING LIST 2 W1-R2 ASSOCIATIONS. THE RESULTS WERE INTERPRETED WITHIN THE RUBRIC OF AN INTENTIONAL INCIDENTAL LEARNING CONCEPTUALIZATION OF VD TRANSFER. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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