Intercomponent association formation during paired-associate training with compound stimuli.

1 January 1968

journal article
Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Experimental Psychology

Vol. 77 (2) , 275-280
https://doi.org/10.1037/h0025778

Abstract

2 STUDIES TESTED WHETHER SS FORM INTERCOMPONENT ASSOCIATIONS DURING PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING WITH COMPOUND STIMULI. THE STIMULI WERE WORD-COLOR PAIRS AND 48 STUDENTS WERE TRAINED TO A LEARNING CRITERION OF 1 PERFECT TRIAL. EXP. I TESTED SS' ABILITY TO CORRECTLY MATCH THE COMPONENTS OF TRAINING COMPOUNDS. RESULTS INDICATE THAT MATCHING WAS SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER THAN THE CHANCE LEVEL. EXP. II INVESTIGATED 2 WAYS IN WHICH CORRECT MATCHING MIGHT OCCUR: (1) BECAUSE OF SOME INTERCOMPONENT ASSOCIATION, OR (2) BECAUSE BOTH COMPONENTS HAD BEEN PAIRED WITH THE SAME RESPONSE (RESPONSE MATCHING). RESULTS INDICATED THAT INTERCOMPONENT ASSOCIATIONS HAD A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT, BUT RESPONSE MATCHING DID NOT. OVERALL RESULTS WERE CONSISTENT WITH THE HYPOTHESIS THAT SS FORM INTERCOMPONENT ASSOCIATIONS DURING PAIRED-ASSOCIATE TRAINING WITH COMPOUND STIMULI. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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