Looking for long-term mnemonic effects on serial recall: The legacy of Simonides

    Authors

    A. Y. Wang;M. H. Thomas

    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Am. J. Psychol.

    Keywords

    5TH-GRADE CHILDREN; RETENTION; KEYWORD; VOCABULARY; CONTEXT; MEMORY; Psychology, Multidisciplinary

    Abstract

    We investigated three issues with respect to the long-term serial recall of adults. First, retention interval was manipulated to obtain uncontaminated measures of long-term serial recall. Second, we compared serial recall of concrete and abstract nouns to determine how these materials might interact with various learning strategies over time. Third, control group participants were asked to describe the learning strategies used, allowing a comparison of technical mnemonic techniques with the spontaneously generated strategies of adults. We found that the delayed recall performance of participants who spontaneously used organizational or imagery-based strategies was comparable to that of those instructed ill the method of loci and pegword technique. Word concreteness did not interact with any other variable. These results are discussed with regard to their implications fur serial learning in educational settings.

    Journal Title

    American Journal of Psychology

    Volume

    113

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-2000

    Document Type

    Article; Proceedings Paper

    Language

    English

    First Page

    331

    Last Page

    340

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000089174800001

    ISSN

    0002-9556

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