Abstract
D. J. Burns (1989) demonstrated that free recall of second-list response terms was better in an interference (A-B, A-C) condition than in a control (D-B, A-C) condition. This reversal of the traditional interference effect was referred to as the reverse-interference effect. Results from Experiments 2-4 in this article discounted several possible explanations of the reverse-interference effect, and the results from Experiment 5-7 supported a stimulus accessibility account of the reverse-interference effect. That is, when asked for free recall of the response terms, participants covertly retrieved stimulus terms to serve as cues for the responses. The reverse-interference effect reflects the greater accessibility of stimulus terms in the interference condition than in the control condition.
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