Accession Number:

AD0607472

Title:

A FURTHER STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF A RELEVANT BUT UNUSED CUE IN TRAINING UPON TRANSFER IN A POSITIVE TRANSFER SITUATION.

Descriptive Note:

Final technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

AEROSPACE MEDICAL RESEARCH LABS WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO

Personal Author(s):

• Eckstrand,Gordon A.
• Neiberg,Alan D.
• Morgan,Ross L.

Report Date:

1964-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

17.0

Abstract:

An attempt was made to assess the utility of a cue that was relevant but not used in the solution of a first task in the learning of a second task. The relationship was such that if something were learned about the relevant but unused cue, positive transfer would be expected to occur. In an earlier experiment, no positive transfer was found in this type of situation. The present study essentially duplicated the first but involved an important procedural modification. This modification was intended to rule out the possibility that subjects in the first study had been trained to disregard this relevant but unused cue. The findings of the present study support those of the earlier one. Even with the revised procedure, no transfer was shown from learning the first task to the learning of a second task on the basis of the cue that was originally relevant but unused. Author

Descriptors:

• TRANSFER OF TRAINING
• LEARNING
• PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)
• RECALL
• PERCEPTION(PSYCHOLOGY)
• PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE