The Effects of Differential Incentives on Second-Grade Rehearsal and Free Recall

Kunzinger, Edward L.; Witryol, Sam L.

doi:10.1080/00221325.1984.10532447

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“…Efficiency of some types of selective learning appears to depend on the relative incentive associated with stimulus items, and to increase with age (Dusek, 1978;Kunzinger & Witryol, 1984). Studies of the trade-off between the ability to select for specific items and the total number of words recalled indicate that the cost (in terms of the number of words recalled) associated with more efficient selection appears to decrease with age (Miller et al, 1991).…”

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Development of Verbal Selective Learning

Hanten

Chapman

et al. 2007

Developmental Neuropsychology

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Using incentive-based auditory word recall we studied the efficiency of selective learning in children ages 6-18 years. We found effects of age for both selective learning efficiency and for total words recalled, which differed in developmental trajectory. The number of words recalled showed a nonlinear component, reflecting a negatively accelerated increase with age. In contrast, the measure of selective learning was linear with age. Overall, selective learning efficiency was not related to the total number of words recalled. The findings provide a framework for interpretation of studies of selective learning in clinical populations.

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