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- Title
Context Effects on Recognition Memory for Words.
- Authors
Vishwanath, Abhilasha; Shive, Joshua
- Abstract
The present study examined whether word frequency, study context, and word repetition produce differences in word recognition and context recognition. We also tested a prediction of the dual process model where recognition memory has two individual processes, namely recollection and familiarity. Participants studied lists of words presented in contexts defined by background color, screen position of the word, and study question during encoding. Word frequency, study context, and word repetition were manipulated during the encoding phase. During the subsequent retrieval phase, participants performed two memory tasks: a word recognition task involving old judgments or new judgments and a context recognition task involving rememberjudgments and know judgments for words reported as an old judgment. We found effects of each of the manipulated factors on recognition memory. False alarms were higher for common words than uncommon words (ηp = .38, p< .001). Repeated words were remembered better than nonrepeated words (η²p = .76, p< .001). Words repeated across contexts during the study were recognized better than words repeated in the same context during encoding (η²p = -18, p= .03). We also found effects of repetition and word frequency on reaction time. Repeated words were recognized faster than nonrepeated words (η²p = .23, p= .01), and uncommon words were recognized faster than common words (η²p= .38, p= .001). However, we did not find evidence to support the dual process model's predictions about the impact of context on remember and know judgments.
- Subjects
WORD frequency; WORD recognition; FALSE alarms; FORECASTING; RECOLLECTION (Psychology)
- Publication
Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research, 2020, Vol 25, Issue 2, p162
- ISSN
2164-8204
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.24839/2325-7342.jn25.2.162