| Memory: Peterson and Peterson 1959 | |
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| Script Name | Peterson.zip |
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Sample Data Files |
PetersonData.zip |
| Citation | Peterson, L.R., & Peterson, M.J. (1959). Short-term retention of individiual verbal items. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 58, 193-198. (pdf) |
| Summary of Experiment | Subjects are presented with a series of syllables and then a three-digit number and are asked to count backwards from the number then recall the syllables. |
| Related Studies in this Corpus | Brown 1958, Sperling 1960, Waugh and Norman 1965 |
| Works this Study Cites | Brown, J. Some tests of the decay theory of immediate memory. Quart. J. exp. Psychol., 1958, 10, 12-21.
Estes, W.K. Toward a statistical theory of learning. Psychol. Rev., 1950, 57, 94-102. Estes, W.K. Statistical theory of spontaneous recovery and regression. Psychol Rev., 1955, 62, 145-154. Hilgard, E.R. Mehtods and procedures in the study of learning. In S.S. Stevens (Ed.), Handbook of experimental psychology. New York: Wiley, 1951. Hull, C.L., Hovland, C.I., Ross, R.T., Hall, M., Perkins, D.T., & Fitch, F.B. Mathematico-deductive theory of rote learning: A study in scientific methodology. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1940. Hull, C.L. A behavior system. New Haven: Yale Univer. Press, 1952. Pillsbury, W.B., & Sylvester, A. Retroactive and proactive inhibition in immediate memory. J. exp. Psychol., 1940, 27, 532-545. Underwood, B.J. Experimental psychology. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1949. Underwood, B.J. Interference and forgetting. Psychol. Rev., 1957, 64, 49-60. Walker, H., & Lev, J. Statistical inference. New York: Holt, 1953. Wicoxon, F. Some rapid approximate statistical procedures. New York: Amer. Cyanamid Co., 1949. |
| Works in Set that Cite this Study | {Cited By} |
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| Works Used to Replicate Experment | {Works Cited} |
| Data Analysis Instructions | {Data Instructions} |
| Date Modified |
12-Mar-2002 |
| Contact for More Information | Brian MacWhinney |