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UNDERWOOD1 has argued that the major factor determining retention is the previous learning experience of subjects. On the basis of data from a series of earlier experiments by many different workers he suggests that recall of verbal material is a function of the number of previous lists learned. The more lists previously learned, the lower is the recall score after 24 h. Underwood claims that this is due to an increase in proactive inhibition from each list learned. In this way proactive inhibition is considered to be the main causal factor affecting recall performance.
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Underwood, B. J., Phychol. Rev., 64, 1 (1957).
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WARR, P. Relationship between Degree of Learning and Retention. Nature 197, 1030 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1971030a0
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