CONTEXT-SENSITIVE CODING ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY AND SERIAL ORDER IN (SPEECH) BEHAVIOR

Defines the problem of serial order in noncreative behavior in much the same manner as K. S. Lashley, and examines several theories of serial order. Lashley's rejection of associative-chain theories of serial order is shown to apply to 1 particular theory, and to be invalid as applied to other associative theories. The most plausible theory is the context-sensitive associative theory, which assumes that serial order is encoded by means of associations between context-sensitive elementary motor responses. In speech, this means that a word, e.g., sleep, is assumed to be coded allophonically rather than phonemically. This theory handles the pronunciation of single words and even phrases in a certain sense. (19 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1969 American Psychological Association.