[On the relationship between recognition memory of items and test-retest effect].
The main purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship of recognition memory of test items to test-retest effect. For this aim, two tests consisting of 17 items from self-evaluative consciousness scale and 24 dummy items were administered to 163 female college students at an interval of one week. Although the results showed clear test-retest of type A and B (Hasegawa, 1995b), namely the changes in their self-ratings on both positive and negative items toward a more adjustive level, the test-retest effect of type II (Hayamizu, 1977), namely the increase in internal consistency of subscale, did not appear. The results also showed no influence of the rate of item recognition to the test-retest effects, leading to a modification of some part of the hypotheses. This result suggests that it is implicit memory rather than recognition memory that is related to test-retest effect.
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Department of Psychology, Faculty of Letters, Tokai Women's College, Kakamigahara, Japan.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D013997:Time Factors