Effects of Degree of Training, Group Size, and Inductive Ability on the Transfer of Conceptual Behavior

Abstract

A previous study indicated that for brief exposure to conceptual materials Ss of low general mental ability working as pairs performed as well, on training and transfer tasks combined, as high-ability Ss working alone. As a partial replication of that study, 192 Ss were stratified by inductive ability and assigned as individuals or homogeneous pairs to one of three degree of training conditions. Following training, each S participated individually on three transfer concepts. For the low degree of training condition, training as low -ability pairs facilitated individual transfer performance.