Proactive inhibition and associative faciliation as affected by degree of prior learning.

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Abstract
With verbal learning by the paired associate anticipation technique, the effect of various degrees of prior learning upon associative facilitation in learning a 2d similar task and upon proactive inhibition in the retention of the 2d task indicated that associative facilitation in learning a 2d task increased as the degree of prior learning increased. Proactive inhibition increased as the degree of prior learning increased, until a relatively high degree of prior learning was reached, after which it showed no significant change. On the 2d, 3d, and 4th relearning trials the differential effects of the degrees of prior learning were not significant, which is in accord with the view that proactive inhibition is highly transitory. Results from these later relearning trials indicated, though not significantly, that facilitation may be effected by the prior learning.
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