Table 5.

Mean item selection as a function of point value across trials for each block in Experiment 2 as a function of learning material.

	Younger Adults				Older Adults
Value	Block 1	Block 2	Block 3	Block 4	Block 1	Block 2	Block 3	Block 4
Word Learning
2 points	3.89 (.38)	3.05 (.35)	3.34 (.37)	3.06 (.33)	4.78 (.50)	4.60 (.62)	4.57 (.68)	4.27 (.61)
4 points	3.59 (.39)	3.02 (.32)	3.17 (.29)	3.04 (.33)	4.67 (.46)	4.69 (.56)	4.38 (.56)	4.06 (.57)
6 points	3.75 (.33)	3.55 (.34)	3.38 (.36)	3.06 (.30)	4.85 (.55)	4.88 (.60)	4.63 (.59)	4.84 (.64)
8 points	5.46 (.50)	6.03 (.72)	4.96 (.63)	4.70 (.61)	6.58 (.75)	6.95 (.87)	6.23 (.77)	5.55 (.85)
10 points	6.84 (.51)	7.87 (.65)	7.13 (.64)	6.86 (.70)	8.08 (.96)	8.96 (1.10)	9.38 (1.09)	9.23 (.93)
12 points	6.86 (.45)	8.01 (.64)	7.87 (.68)	7.06 (.65)	8.63 (.96)	9.59 (1.10)	9.79 (1.01)	9.55 (.91)
Paired Associate Learning
2 points	2.48 (.26)	2.36 (.26)	2.07 (.23)	1.94 (.18)	3.75 (.39)	2.86 (.30)	2.90 (.29)	2.83 (.28)
4 points	2.47 (.33)	2.26 (.24)	2.10 (.21)	1.96 (.37)	3.80 (.37)	3.14 (.33)	2.90 (.27)	2.61 (.26)
6 points	2.58 (.34)	2.38 (.29)	1.91 (.22)	2.13 (.40)	3.79 (.40)	3.26 (.37)	2.76 (.28)	2.99 (.29)
8 points	3.31 (.39)	2.79 (.28)	2.59 (.22)	2.53 (.43)	4.50 (.43)	3.52 (.40)	3.90 (.31)	3.43 (.33)
10 points	4.19 (.40)	4.23 (.36)	3.79 (.38)	3.52 (.37)	4.71 (.38)	4.95 (.45)	4.63 (.37)	4.91 (.41)
12 points	4.45 (.37)	4.51 (.34)	4.06 (.34)	3.74 (.29)	5.26 (.46)	5.50 (.58)	4.81 (.37)	5.25 (.44)

Note. Standard errors of the means are in parenthesis.