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- Title
Recall order determines the magnitude of directed forgetting in the within-participants list method.
- Authors
Golding, Jonathan M.; Gottlob, Lawrence R.
- Abstract
In three experiments, we Investigated the effect of recall order on directed forgetting when the within-participants list method is used. Experiment 1 showed that participants tend to recall to-be-remembered (R) items before to-be-forgotten (F) items when they can recall items in any order. In Experiment 2, recall order was manipulated (F-R or R-F). The results showed that only the R-F order led to directed forgetting. Finally, in Experiment 3, recall order was also manipulated, and half of the participants were explicitly instructed to use a relational strategy when both F and R items were presented. Again, only the R-F order led to directed forgetting. These results demonstrate that directed forgetting under the list method hinges on the output order in which participants recall the F and R information. Thus, output order should be taken into account by researchers investigating specific mechanisms that lead to directed forgetting.
- Subjects
MEMORY; MENTAL discipline; PSYCHOLOGY; MEMORIZATION; LEARNING; SOCIAL science research
- Publication
Memory & Cognition, 2005, Vol 33, Issue 4, p588
- ISSN
0090-502X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3758/BF03195326