When is schematic knowledge used in source monitoring?
Source monitoring involves judgments regarding the origin of information (M. K. Johnson, S. Hashtroudi, & D. S. Lindsay, 1993). When participants cannot remember the source in a source-monitoring task, they may guess according to their prior schematic knowledge (U. J. Bayen, G. V. Nakamura, S. E. Dupuis, & C.-L. Yang, 2000). The present study aimed at specifying conditions under which schematic knowledge is used in source monitoring. The authors examined the time course of schema-based guesses with a response-signal technique (A. V. Reed, 1973), and multinomial models that separate memory and guessing bias. Use of schematic knowledge was observed only when asymptotic old-new recognition was low. The time course of schematic-knowledge retrieval followed an exponential growth function. Implications for theories of source monitoring are discussed.
Spaniol
Julia
J
Department of Psychology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599, USA.
Bayen
Ute J
UJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001245:Association Learning; D001288:Attention; D003210:Concept Formation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D010153:Paired-Associate Learning; D011336:Probability; D011337:Probability Learning; D011930:Reaction Time; D011932:Reading; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D013067:Speech Perception