FORGETTING CURVES WITH SEMANTIC PHONETIC GRAPHIC AND CONTIGUITY CUES

Obtained forgetting curves by presenting nouns 1 at a time in a long sequence with recall tests interspersed in the series. 4 types of cues were used in tests: contiguous nouns, phonetic attributes, graphic attributes, and semantic attributes. Curves obtained with each cue could be factored into a short- and a long-term memory component. Recall with attribute cues was highest, the relative effctiveness of different ones depending on the retention interval. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1968 American Psychological Association.