Independence of A-B and A-C associations in retroaction

Abstract

After learning an A-B list to a criterion where every pair was correctly anticipated at least once, an A-C, C-D mixed list was introduced for 12 trials. Degree of A-C learning was varied within the list. Contingency analyses on the recall of B and C responses in a subsequent MMFR test were done separately for each A-C condition and for all A-C conditions combined. Either way, the B and C responses were recalled independently of each other. The results provide generality for the DaPolito independent retrieval phenomenon and affirm McGeoch's independence hypothesis.