Abstract
Memory for serial position was studied by requiring serial position recall of a word list which varied in sequence on each study trial. Experiment I tested for memory of words by transfer between serial and free recall. Experiment II compared performance during serial recall of the same list of words to a control with different lists of words. Serial recall produced a stable level of performance and little learning. The apparent lack of accumulation in memory suggested the transformation of temporal sequence into serial position is limited in extent. It was hypothesized that serial recall learning requires a particular combination of general memory factors, the transformation to serial position being useful for initially distinguishing items in memory.
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