A significant overlearning reversal effect was found in an experiment using number classification by oddness-evenness as the learning task, 19 college students and graduates as subjects, and both positive and negative verbal feedback as the reinforcer. A randomized two-group design was used. The importance of the dimensional complexity of the learning task in experiments producing overlearning reversal effect is discussed.
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