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The Effect Of Verbal And Visual Mnemonic Devices On The Paired Associate Learning Of An Aged Population, Franklin Peter Knill
The Effect Of Verbal And Visual Mnemonic Devices On The Paired Associate Learning Of An Aged Population, Franklin Peter Knill
Master's Theses
The literature on aging is abundant with studies using a variety of tasks indicating that there is a decline in learning with increasing age.
Subjects were presented pairs of words accompanied by a black and white sketch that contained both words
In a further attempt to study more directly the effects of visual vs. verbal mediators, a second condition was included where subjects were presented pairs of words accompanied by a phrase that contained both of the words.
The following bypotheaee were postulated:
1. Performance of younger subjects will be superior to old ones over all conditions.
2. Performance will …