MULTIPLE REINFORCEMENT EFFECTS IN SHORT‐TERM MEMORY

John W. Brelsford; Richard M. Shiffrin; R. C. Atkinson

doi:10.1111/j.2044-8317.1968.tb00395.x

Abstract

A continuous memorizing situation was studied in which test and study trials alternated throughout an experimental session. The items studied were paired‐associates. The interval between study and test for a particular item was randomly determined; and an item was given one, two, three or four reinforcements. A quantitative model is proposed which has two memory stores: a short‐term store in which the subject generates a carefully controlled rehearsal scheme of fixed length, and a long‐term store in which information is accumulated and lost. A large number of theoretical predictions of the model were verified quantitatively by the data, which confirm results of previous experiments, and support the hypothesis that highly structured rehearsal schemes play a major role in many short‐term memory and learning situations.

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MemorizationTerm (time)Session (web analytics)Computer scienceReinforcementShort-term memoryTest (biology)Long-term memoryCognitive psychologyPsychologyArithmeticMathematicsSocial psychologyWorking memoryCognition

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Year: 1968
Type: article
Volume: 21
Issue: 1
Pages: 1-19
Citations: 15
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                                    John W. Brelsford, 
                                
                                    Richard M. Shiffrin, 
                                
                                    R. C. Atkinson
                                
                            (1968). 
                            MULTIPLE REINFORCEMENT EFFECTS IN SHORT‐TERM MEMORY. 
                            British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology
                            , 21
                            (1)
                            , 1-19.
                            https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8317.1968.tb00395.x

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