Accession Number:

AD0777224

Title:

Information Encoding in Training for Efficient Access in Memory.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 1 Jan 72-31 Dec 73,

Corporate Author:

MICHIGAN UNIV ANN ARBOR DEPT OF PSYCHOLOGY

Personal Author(s):

• Melton,Arthur W.

Report Date:

1974-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

16.0

Abstract:

Coding processes involved in storing and retrieving information in event, simple associative, and serial associative learning have been examined in experiments and literature reviews. A new technique for identifying and analyzing trainee-determined coding units in serial learning has been developed, and has shown that serial learning cannot be represented by traditional continuous-process theories, but instead must be treated by an organizational model, probably a hierarchy of codes. A number of studies have extended and refined the hypothesis that encoding variability during learning, as contrasted with constant encoding over repetitions, is beneficial for long-term retention. Modified author abstract

Descriptors:

• *Information processing
• *Memory(Psychology)
• *Learning
• Coding
• Data storage systems
• Information retrieval
• Reviews
• Experimental data
• Training

Subject Categories:

• Psychology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE