Inhibition phenomena in fast and slow learners

The purpose of this study was to investigate intralist inhibition as a function of length of list and level of ability. Two groups of Ss (32 each), widely separated in rate of learning ability, learned and recalled (after 48 hours) 2 lists of paired adjectives of 12 and 24 pairs. "Increasing list length resulted in a disproportional increase in number of trials required to learn, but in a proportional increase in the number of words recalled. Over-all, ability differences in recall were not significant. However, they were significant on the long list." From Psyc Abstracts 36:02:2CI30S.