The Effect on Learning of the Color Coding of Pictorial Stimuli / Dan Lee Isaacs.

The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of color coding on reducing the time required to reach a criterion in a paired associate learning task. This study consisted of two experiments using bones which were color coded. Data were collected on four dependent variables: (1) number of trials required to reach a criterion of two correct trials on non-color-coded stimuli; (2) number of correct responses on a paper and pencil test on which all eight bones which S had learned were pointed out at one time; (3) the number of correct responses made by S when he was shown pictures of the bones and asked to respond with the color name associated with it; and (4) the number of correct responses made by S when he was shown a color and asked to respond with the name of a bone associated with it. It was concluded from the results of the two experiments that color coding, even when instructions alerting S to the color are added, was not beneficial in reducing the number of trials required to learn the type of material presented in this study. (Author)

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