THE SCHEDULING OF KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS

The experiments outlined in this article were performed so that the ac quisition effects of KR scheduling on no-KR retention could be determi ned. In Experiment 1, the group that alternated between 12 KR and 12 n o-KR responses produced better retention than both the group that alte rnated between 6 KR and 6 no-KR responses and an all-KR group. The par tial KR group that performed the best on retention also received the l east number of reversals from KR to no-KR responses and from no-KR to KR responses, however. In Experiment 2, when acquisition KR reversals were held constant for partial KR groups, groups that received either random KR scheduling or all KR produced similar and better retention t han groups who received blocked KR scheduling. These results were reco nciled with KR frequency experiments by proposing that memory processe s invoked by KR protocols decrease from KR frequency, to reversal, to scheduling conditions.