Automatic Encoding of Superordinate and Subordinate Taxonomic Categories in Different Populations.

Nakayama, Susan Y.; Kee, Daniel W.

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Publication Date: 1980-Jun

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Automatic Encoding of Superordinate and Subordinate Taxonomic Categories in Different Populations.

Nakayama, Susan Y.; Kee, Daniel W.

Journal of Educational Psychology, v72 n3 p386-93 Jun 1980

Proactive interference (PI) build-up and release from PI were used to study automatic conceptual encoding of superordinate and subordinate category lists in low-socioeconomic status (SES) Black children and middle-SES White children (grades 2 and 4). (Results for each population on the three category lists are described). (GDC)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Black Students, Classification, Elementary Education, Grade 2, Grade 4, Learning Processes, Racial Differences, Recall (Psychology), Socioeconomic Status, White Students, Word Lists

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