PSYCH 140M Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hermann Ebbinghaus, Postmen, Implicit Learning
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Randomly selected lists of 16 nonsense syllables, and rapidly repeated list out loud for 8, 16, After 24 hrs measured how many additional list repetitions were necessary to relearn the same list. Relationship between numbers of learning trials on day 1 and time to relearn list on day 2 is. Total time hypothesis- amount learned depends on amount of time spent learning. Although total time hypothesis holds the total time spent learning is not constant. Distribution of practice effect- learning time is most productive if it is distributed overtime. Advising british post office on training post men to type of new keyboard system. Postmen assigned to one of 4 training schedules. Distributed practice is more efficient but maybe not most practical training decision (maybe the post offi(cid:272)e (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t wait 9. 6 weeks for their post(cid:373)e(cid:374) to (cid:271)e trai(cid:374)ed. ) The effects of distribution of practice over short intervals of time.
