TY - JOUR
AU - Rowe, Edward J.
AB - Examined freqency judgments of words repeated 2, 3, and 5 times in a list with 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 items intervening between repetitions under different instructional sets. In Exp I, separate groups of a total of 144 undergraduates were given 1 of 3 types of instructions prior to list presentation: that a frequency judgment test would follow (intentional instruction), that a memory test would follow (nonspecific instruction), or that they were simply required to rate each word on its connotative strength with no mention of the ensuing test (incidental instructions). Both judged frequency and the effect of spacing were highest for the incidental condition and lowest for the nonspecific condition. In Exp II, 144 undergraduates received incidental orienting instructions designed to produce a graphemic, acoustic, or semantic level of processing. Both the frequency and spacing effects were enhanced by the acoustic and semantic instructions. Results are related to a levels-of-processing view of memory. (19 ref)
TI - Effects of orienting task and spacing of repetitions on frequency judgments
JF - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
DO - 10.1037/0278-7393.2.2.142
DA - 1976-03-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-psychological-association/effects-of-orienting-task-and-spacing-of-repetitions-on-frequency-CH10cIzzrx
SP - 142
EP - 152
VL - 2
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -