Retroactive inhibition fails to appear when memorized syllables are merely recognized rather than actively reproduced¶

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q2 i? Interposing a different mental activity between learning and reproduction diminishes reproduction efficiency, but this inhibition does not appear when the syllables are only recognized, suggesting recognition and reproduction depend on different conditions. → Peters 1912

Evidence¶

Peters 1912¶

Peters, W. (1912). Pedagogy at the Berlin Psychological Congress. The Journal of Educational Psychology, 3, 452-457. https://eric.ed.gov/?q=Pedagogy+at+the+Berlin+Psychological+Congress

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Experimental report delivered by G. E. Müller of experiments carried on by one of his pupils, presented at the Berlin congress. The experiments show "such inhibition fails to appear if the memorized syllables are merely recognized and not actively reproduced."

"If a different kind of mental activity is interposed between the learning of a series of syllables and the reproduction of the series, the efficiency of the reproduction is diminished (retroactive inhibition)."

Peters 1912 (2)¶

Peters, W. (1912). Pedagogy at the Berlin Psychological Congress. The Journal of Educational Psychology, 3, 452-457. https://eric.ed.gov/?q=Pedagogy+at+the+Berlin+Psychological+Congress

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Congress report of Müller's laboratory experiments on retroactive inhibition; the recognition condition showed no inhibition, leading the reporter to state that "Recognition and reproduction, therefore, evidently depend upon different conditions."

"The experiments reported by Miiller, however, show that such inhibition fails to appear if the memorized syllables are merely recognized and not actively reproduced. Recognition and reproduction, therefore, evidently depend upon different conditions."

Discussion¶

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