Identifier

98

Date

2017

Document Type

Honors Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts

Major

Psychology

Committee Member

Jason Braasch

Committee Member

Andrew Olney

Abstract

The primary goal of this research was to determine if retroactive interference (RI) existed in learning multiple texts. A secondary goal was to examine whether or not retrieval practice could reduce or eliminate RI. There were three conditions: RI, retrieval practice, or the control. Participants in the RI and retrieval practice read 24 argumentative texts about the same topic. Participants in the control read eight texts. All participants completed distractor tasks then were given recognition tasks to test memory for texts, claims, sources, and supporting evidence. Analyses of Variance (ANOVAs) for number of accurate responses and number of intrusions were used for claim memory, source memory, and evidence memory. Analyses suggested that RI did not occur and retrieval practice could not guard against it. The possible reasons for the lack of RI throughout the series of argumentative texts and what could be done in future research were discussed.

Comments

Undergraduate Honor's Thesis

Library Comment

Honors thesis originally submitted to the Local University of Memphis Honor’s Thesis Repository.

Notes

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