The role of retrieval practice in directed forgetting.
Three experiments tested the possibility that retrieval-induced forgetting is responsible for directed forgetting with the list method. In Experiments 1 and 2, additional List 2 retrieval practice was given to determine whether this would increase directed forgetting. In Experiment 1 all items came from a single category, and in Experiment 2 unrelated words were used. In Experiment 3 additional List 2 study accompanied List 2 retrieval practice. There was no evidence that List 2 retrieval practice, with or without additional List 2 study, affected the magnitude of directed forgetting. It was argued that retrieval-induced forgetting could not account for these results. Accounts with greater viability include retrieval strategy disruption and a modified version of the dissociation hypothesis.
Basden
Barbara H
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Department of Psychology, California State University, Fresno 93740-8019, USA. barbb@csufresno.edu
Basden
David R
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Morales
Emily
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D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003463:Cues; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008568:Memory; D011939:Mental Recall; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D014825:Vocabulary