Effects of induced chunking on temporal aspects of serial recitation.

Abstract

75 SS LEARNED SERIAL LISTS COMPOSED OF RANDOM ORDERS OF 24 LETTERS OF THE ENGLISH ALPHABET. THE MAIN INDEPENDENT VARIABLE WAS STIMULUS GROUPING, WHERE THE LETTERS WERE PRESENTED EITHER 1, 3, 4, 6, OR 8 LETTERS AT A TIME. AFTER REACHING THE CRITERION OF 1 PERFECT RECITATION, SS WERE REQUIRED TO RECIT