The Role of Test Expectancy in the Build-Up of Proactive Interference in Long-Term Memory

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“The Role of Test Expectancy in the Build-Up of Proactive Interference in Long-Term Memory”

By Yana Weinstein et al., 2014, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition

http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0036164

Figure S1. (a) Initial instruction screen, which explains the first step of the experimental procedure, and (b) second instruction screen, which explains testing procedure used in the experiment.

Table S1

Exclusion Frequencies in Experiment 2

Variable / Ratings / No ratings / Total
Tested / Untested / Tested / Untested
Warned / Unwarned / Warned / Unwarned / Warned / Unwarned / Warned / Unwarned
Original N / 53 / 60 / 61 / 53 / 57 / 58 / 52 / 53 / 447
Exclusion criteria
Noted down words / 16 / 13 / 10 / 3 / 11 / 10 / 6 / 11 / 80
Failed initial instruction check / 3 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 2 / 2 / 3 / 2 / 15
Failed to reiterate cumulative test instructions / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 2 / 0 / 3 / 8
Entered random words/phrases on test(s) / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2
Failed to reiterate fifth list test instructions / 2 / — / 2 / — / 2 / — / 2 / — / 8
Repeat Internet protocol address / 1 / 2 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 7
Programming error / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2
Total number excluded / 22 / 16 / 14 / 9 / 17 / 17 / 11 / 16 / 122
Final sample n / 31 / 44 / 47 / 44 / 40 / 41 / 41 / 37 / 325