PUBLICATIONS:
Forrester, W. E. & Spear, N. E. (1967). Coding processes in verbal
learning as a function of response pronounceability. Journal of
Experimental Psychology, 74, 586-588.
Forrester, W. E. & Spear, N. E. (1969). "Sound" coding in verbal
learning with and without restrictions on decoding. Psychonomic
Science, 17, 91-92.
Saff, J. L. & Forrester, W. E. (1969). Stimulus coding and selection
as a function of response relatedness. Psychonomic Science, 17,
199-200.
Forrester, W. E. (1969). Distributed practice and retroactive
inhibition in a minimal paired-associates task. Journal of Verbal
Learning and Verbal Behavior, 8, 713-718.
King, D. J. & Forrester, W. E. (1970). The influence of semantic
and acoustic similarity on retention of short sentences. Psychonomic
Science, 20, 222-223.
Forrester, W. E. (1970). Retroactive inhibition and spontaneous
recovery in the A-B, D-C paradigm. Journal of Verbal Learning and
Verbal Behavior, 9, 525-528.
Forrester, W. E. & King, D. J. (1971). The effects of semantic and
acoustic relatedness on free recall and clustering. Journal of
Experimental Psychology, 88, 16-19.
Zupnick, J. J. & Forrester, W. E. (1972). Effects of semantic and
acoustic relatedness on free recall in normal children and
retardates. Psychonomic Science, 26, 188-190.
Forrester, W. E. (1972). Effects of semantic and acoustic relatedness
on free recall in a between-subjects design. Psychological Reports,
30, 637-638.
Schmitt, J. C. & Forrester, W. E. (1973). Effects of stimulus
concreteness, imagery, and arousal on immediate and delayed recall.
Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 2, 25-26.
Forrester, W. E. (1973). Semantic and acoustic clustering under
modified blocked-presentation procedures. Bulletin of the
Psychonomic Society, 2, 149-150.
Forrester, W. E. & Tambs, C. A. (1976). Word associations to 19
vowels. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and
Memory, 2, 200-207.
Forrester, W. E. (1984). Publication trends in human learning and
memory: 1962-1982. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 22, 92-94.
McCroskery, J. & Forrester, W. E. (1986). Microcomputers in the
introductory psychology course. Proceedings of the Second
Microcomputers and the Learning Process Conference. Potsdam,
N.Y.: Clarkson University.
Forrester, W. E. (1987). Psych Lab 64 Laboratory Manual (and
software), National Collegiate Software Clearinghouse, North
Carolina State University.
PAPERS PRESENTED:
The effects of frequency and pronounceability on free learning.
Eastern Psychological Association, New York, 1966.
Retroactive interference and distributed-practice effects in
short-term memory. Eastern Psychological Association,
Washington, 1968.
Stimulus information processing in paired-associate learning.
Psychonomic Society, Phoenix, 1979.
Microcomputers in the introductory psychology course. (with
McCroskery) Microcomputers and the Learning Process
Conference, Clarkson University, 1986.
Attitudes about lying in 1979 and 1994: College students'
perceptions of twelve social categories. Eastern Psychological
Association, Philadelphia, 1996.