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Verbal discrimination transfer with structured lists that permit the operation of an intrapair selection strategy was compared for reversal and nonreversal shift conditions. Reversal transfer was significantly superior to nonreversal transfer. However, reversal transfer did not differ significantly from a control condition in which the selection strategy was operative on the transfer list only.

Mediated positive transfer for kindergarten children was tested by means of the A-B, B-C, A-C paradigm, with all three stages being experimentally acquired in immediate succession. Additional conditions were included to control for the occurrence of pseudomediation as a possible confounding factor in mediational transfer conditions. The evidence supported the occurrence of mediated positive transfer in young children. No evidence was found for the presence of pseudomediation.