Word length effects are not due to proactive interference
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Article Title | Word length effects are not due to proactive interference |
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ERA Journal ID | 6514 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Tehan, Gerald (Author) and Turcotte, Josée (Author) |
Journal Title | Memory |
Journal Citation | 10 (2), pp. 139-150 |
Number of Pages | 12 |
Year | 2002 |
Place of Publication | Hove, UK |
ISSN | 0965-8211 |
1464-0686 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/09658210143000272 |
Web Address (URL) | http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/(1ziokk55g5byabn5viw5b545)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,6,7;journal,32,65;linkingpublicationresults,1:101897,1; |
Abstract | [Abstract]: In immediate serial recall short words are better recalled than long words. The word length effect has become pivotal in the development of short-term memory models. The current research tests one explanation of the word length effect; that it is related to proactive interference (PI). We report two experiments in which the relationship is directly tested. In the first experiment we show that word length effects can be observed over the first few trials in an experiment and that the effect shows itself primarily in the number of omissions made. In the second experiment we simultaneously test for PI and word length effects. Strong word length effects were present but there was little evidence for PI influencing either overall levels of recall or the word length effect. In short, no empirical support was found for PI as an explanation of the word length effect. |
Keywords | word length, short-term memory, proactive interference |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 520102. Educational psychology |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Department of Psychology |
Laval University, Canada |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9y05w/word-length-effects-are-not-due-to-proactive-interference
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