[The process and the operation of reflective and predictive inferences in analogical retrieval competition].
The purpose of this study was to investigate the retrieval process and the operation of inferences in systematic-level reminding within a competitive situation. Two experiments were conducted using episodic stories in a modification of the reminding paradigm developed by Wharton, Holyoak, Downing, Lange, and Wickens (1994). Subjects incidentally studied four competitor pairs and four unrelated stories. Then, subjects read other stories and were asked to report any reminding of the studied stories. Memory retrieval was manipulated by presenting subjects with different cue stories. Experiment 1 used both complete cues containing a full set of thematic features and partial cues containing a subset of the initial thematic features. Experiment 2 used both predictive cues presenting a partial thematic structure and partial cues. Complete and predictive cues were related to one of the competitor pairs. Partial cues were related to both of the competitor pairs. Results indicated that (1) thematic similarity had an influence on a selection in a retrieval process, and (2) both reflective and predictive inferences operated on the selection during a retrieval process within a competitive situation.
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Department of Cognitive Psychology in Education, Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University.
D000328:Adult; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D003463:Cues; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008606:Mental Processes