Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1: Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory.
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Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1: Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory.
Psychology, Experimental
The results of the tests for recall after nine and sixteen days are
summarized in the following tables. They should be compared with the
recall of these same series after two days given in Tables II. and
IV., nor should it be forgotten that all four types started with
perfect immediate recall. The figures give per cents, correct after
eliminating indirect-association couplets.
TABLE V.
SHOWING RECALL AFTER NINE AND SIXTEEN DAYS.--SUMMARY FROM _B_ SET.
Days. Nine. Sixteen Nine. Sixteen.
N. O. N. O. V. M. V. M.
_M._ 36 38 29 31 56 19 50 31
_S._ 0 6 0 6 0 7 0 0
_Hu._ 0 7 0 20 0 25 0 6
_B._ 13 21 13 13 7 20 7 13
_Ho._ 25 23 17 0 25 33 0 8
_Mo._ 57 63 57 56 20 79 20 69
Av. 22 26 19 21 18 31 13 21
TABLE VI.
SAME FOR _M_ AND _Mo_.--SUMMARY FROM _C_ SET.
Days. Nine. Sixteen. Nine. Sixteen.
N. O. N. O. V. M. V. M.
_M_. 81 60 75 33 50 56 38 31
_Mo_. 31 20 25 20 40 53 20 40
THE _D_ SET.
A few series of nouns, objects, verbs, and movements dissociated from
foreign symbols were obtained. The material was of the same kind as
the words used in the couplet series, being mostly monosyllabic and
seldom dissyllabic words. They had not been previously used with these
subjects. Each series contained ten words or ten objects. The same
kind of precautions were taken as in the couplet sets to avoid
phonetic aids and the juxtaposition of words which suggest each other.
The apparatus employed in the couplet sets was used. The objects in
the object series were shown through the aperture. Visual images were
required in the noun and in the verb series. The noun and the object
series were exposed at the rate of one word every 2 secs. (or 20 secs.
for the series) for _M_, _S_, and _Hu_, and one every 3 secs. (or 30
secs. for the series) for _B_, _Ho_, and _Mo_. Only one exposure of
the series was given. At its completion the subject at once wrote as
many of the words or objects as he could recall. Two days later at the
same hour he was asked to write without further stimulus as many words
of each series as he could recall, classifying them according to their
type of series.
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