Abstract
A method for evaluating response transfer by the use of interspersed test items was proposed. The technique was applied in three different experimental settings in a replication of Ryan's (1960) study of response transfer which used more traditional techniques. The situation which made use of a teaching machine with unpaced learning and unpaced test trials was found to yield maximum transfer and replicated the Ryan experiment with respect to degree of transfer. Two experiments with paced learning and paced test trials on the memory drum yielded results similar to the Ryan experiment but showed weaker transfer. Response availability appeared to affect the amount of transfer to Similars but not to Associates or Controls, where Associates were always found to be more effective. It was concluded that the technique of interspersed test items is effective in demonstrating response transfer to stimuli selected on extraexperimental grounds for association or similarity.
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