Release from Proactive Inhibition in the Visual/Nonverbal Domain

Author

John Howard Lohrey, Fort Hays State University

Document Type

Thesis - campus only access

DOI

10.58809/UJUY3191

Date of Award

Summer 1989

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Psychology

Advisor

Robert Markley

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine if release from proactive inhibition (PI) could be demonstrated for visual / nonverbal stimuli as has been previously observed in the verbal domain. Forty undergraduate students received a modified version of the Wickens' Release from Proactive Inhibition paradigm in which subjects memorized visual stimuli from one category over four trials followed by a switch to a second category or a continuation of the same class of visual material on the fifth trial. The subjects did demonstrate significant build-up of proactive inhibition over the first four trials, in addition, they released from proactive inhibition when the category of visual stimuli was changed on the fifth trial. The results were found with both the traditional error measure of memory and with a new response time measure.

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Recommended Citation

Lohrey, John Howard, "Release from Proactive Inhibition in the Visual/Nonverbal Domain" (1989). Master's Theses. 2113.
DOI: 10.58809/UJUY3191
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/2113

Rights

© 1989 John Howard Lohrey