UNLEARNING AS A FUNCTION OF DEGREE OF INTERPOLATED LEARNING AND METHOD OF TESTING IN A-B A-C AND A-B C-D PARADIGMS

DETERMINED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UNLEARNING (UL) AND DEGREE OF INTERPOLATED LEARNING (IL) IN THE A-B, A-C AND A-B, C-D PARADIGMS WITH 320 STUDENTS. 2 FORMS OF STIMULUS-RESPONSE MATCHING TEST DETERMINED THE AMOUNT OF A SPECIFIC ASSOCIATIVE UL FOLLOWING IL. 1 TEST ASKED SS TO MATCH STIMULI AND RESPONSES FROM THE A-B LIST WHILE ANOTHER HAD SS MATCHING ITEMS FROM BOTH THE ORIGINAL LEARNING AND IL LISTS. UL WAS FOUND AT ALL BUT THE LOWEST DEGREE OF IL IN THE A-B, C-D PARADIGM BUT NEITHER THE FORM OF THE MATCHING TEST NOR THE DEGREE OF IL AFFECTED THE AMOUNT OF UL. IN THE A-B, A-C PARADIGM UL FOUND AT ALL BUT THE LOWEST DEGREE OF IL, WAS A FUNCTION OF DEGREE OF IL BUT AGAIN THE FORM OF THE MATCHING TEST DID NOT LEAD TO RELIABLE DIFFERENCES IN THE UL. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1968 American Psychological Association.