Study time, recall time, meaningfulness, and recognition latency in paired-associate learning

Effects of associative encoding on free recall in high and low verbal associators.

“…With respect to the third purpose of the present experiment, the results were not congruent with those of paired-associate learning studies which consistently demonstrated an interaction between associative reaction time and presentation rate in which the difference between the recall of shortand long-latency units was greater, the briefer the presentation rate. The fact that this interaction did not obtain in the freerecall procedure of the present study might be explained on the basis of the findings of Ley and Locascio's (1972) orthogonal analysis of the effects of presentation rate on study and recall time in paired-associate learning. Their results demonstrated that the interaction of presentation rate and meaningfulness of response terms (the member of the pair which must be recalled) was a function of recall time, not study time.…”