TY - JOUR
AU - Senter, R. J.
AB - Published as a separate and in Tlu Journal of Psychology, 1970, 74, 15-20. THE EFFECT OF SUBJECTS' CONFORMING TO MNEMONIC INSTRUCTIONS• Department of Psychology, University of Cincinnati J. J. PERSENSKY AND R. J. SENTER A. INTRODUCTION Research on mnemonics prior to Wood's publication (11) was somewhat restricted to rather obscure journals (e.g., 1, 7, 10). The sole article (9) which received wide acceptance reported generally negative results, indicating that the commercial mnemonics techniques were possibly not as effective as the authors of the texts presumed. Wood ( 11), on the other hand, did present generally positive results in favor of mnemonics, but was still hesitant in his recommendation for accep­ tance. Other recent research ( 2, 4, 5, 8) has indicated support for the use of mnemonics as an aid to rote learning. The purpose of the present paper is to suggest possible reasons for previous negative results (e.g., 9) with mnemonics and to present a possible aid for further research. It is the present authors' belief that association of mnemonics with com­ mercialism, even stage magic, suppressed much interest in controlled research in the area. A second reason for lack of interest might have been the inability of 
TI - The Effect of Subjects' Conforming to Mnemonic Instructions
JF - The Journal of Psychology
DO - 10.1080/00223980.1970.10545274
DA - 1970-01-01
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SP - 15
EP - 20
VL - 74
IS - 1
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