title: Further examinations of the category-recall function.
abstract: Subjects were assigned to use either three or six categories and were given either 5 or 10 trials in a word-sorting task. Subsequent to sorting, they recalled as many words as they could. A measure of sorting consistency showed that the six-category sort was a more difficult task than was the three-category sort. Number of categories did not have a significant effect on recall performance regardless of whether 5 or 10 sorting trials were used. A correlational analysis raised questions about the relationship of the sorting tasks to recall performance and clustering.
authors.affiliation: Social Sciences Department, Rio Hondo College, 90608, Whittier, California.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Humphreys