Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, University of Sussex, Falmar, Brighton, Sussex, England.
Mem Cognit. 1973 Jun;1(2):101-5. doi: 10.3758/BF03198077.
Ss were given a paired-associate learning task, using nonsense shapes as stimuli and object names which varied in Thorndike-Lorge frequency as responses. Between each block of learning trials, Ss named the nonsense shapes and a set of line drawings of objects. While naming latencies for the shapes were unaffected by name frequency, there was an effect of frequency on naming a control set of pictures of objects. The frequency effect for the pictures decreased significantly with practice. When the Ss were asked to name pictures of the objects having the names previously learned for the nonsense shapes, an effect of frequency appeared, the size of the effect being the same as that found for the control pictures after practice. The frequency effect disappeared when the shapes were reintroduced.
被试接受了一种对偶联想学习任务，使用无意义的形状作为刺激，物体的名称作为反应，这些名称的在 Thorndike-Lorge 频率上有所不同。在每一组学习试验之间，被试会说出无意义的形状和一组物体的线条图。虽然形状的命名潜伏期不受名称频率的影响，但在命名控制组的一组物体的图片时，会出现频率的影响。随着练习的进行，图片的频率效应显著降低。当被试被要求命名之前为无意义形状学习过的物体的图片时，出现了频率效应，其大小与练习后对控制图片的发现相同。当重新引入形状时，频率效应消失。
