Retroactive inhibition as a function of the temporal position of the interpolated learning.

Abstract

When the relationship between the learned list and the interpolated list was of the nature S-sub(1)-R-sub(1); S-sub(1)-R-sub(2) no relationship between point of interpolation and magnitude of retroactive inhibition was found. When the relationship between the two lists was S-sub(1)-R-sub(1); S-sub(2)-R-sub(2) interpolation 48 hours after the original list was learned to one perfect reproduction produced significantly more retroactive inhibition than interpolation either 0 or 24 hours after the criterion had been reached. These findings held for recall but not for relearning scores. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)