Article
Serial Position Effect as a Function of Intertrial Interval
Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior
(1964)
Abstract
A discrimination theory, stating that serial position effects are dependent upon the ITI for providing a discriminable order cue, was tested by the following experimental conditions: (1) where the ITI was eliminated by equating it with the ISI, (2) where the ITI was eliminated and the beginning of the list was disguised, and (3) where the ITI's location was varied. These groups were compared with a control condition (traditional serial presentation). All experimental conditions significantly reduced primacy-recency effects and retarded rate of acquisition. Experimental Ss typically utilized their own discriminable item for establishing an idiosyncratic serial position curve.
Keywords
- Serial position,
- Intertrial interval
Disciplines
Publication Date
December, 1964
DOI
10.1016/S0022-5371(64)80021-9
Publisher Statement
Published by Elsevier B.V.
Citation Information
Louis Lippman and M. Ray Denny. "Serial Position Effect as a Function of Intertrial Interval" Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior Vol. 3 Iss. 6 (1964) p. 496 - 501 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/louis-lippman/32/