The Effect of Association Value of Nonsense Syllables on List and Paired Associate Verbal Learning
Abstract
Meaningfulness of material is an obvious factor affecting dif- ficulty in verbal learning. As an example of this relationship, Guil ford (2) has shown that it takes approximately one-third the number of trials to learn a number of three letter words as it does to learn the same mumber of nonsense syllables. It has also been assumed that in relatively meaningless material such as nonsense syllables those units that are more meaningful," in the sense of calling forth more related associations, are learned more rapidly than those evoking few associations (3).
Subject Area
Experimental psychology
Recommended Citation
Hinck, John H, "The Effect of Association Value of Nonsense Syllables on List and Paired Associate Verbal Learning" (1958). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI28673341.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI28673341
