Learning and Short-Term Recall by Chinese and American Students as a Function of Language, Mode of Presentation, and Noun Frequency.

Abstract

The study investigated the effects of linguistic medium (English vs. Chinese), mode of stimulus presentation (visual vs. auditory), and noun frequency on short-term serial recall and serial learning. The results indicated that auditory input facilitated learning for American Ss, but did not for Taiwanese Ss, who learned somewhat faster with visual input. The results are discussed with respect to implications for cross-cultural studies of persuasion as they might be influenced by verbal learning factors. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0715402

Entities

People

  • Elliott Mcginnies
  • Thomas W. Turnage

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Frequency
  • Language
  • Learning

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Computational Linguistics
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.