Part-list cuing in speeded recognition and free recall.
The primary question was whether part-list cuing decrements would occur in a speeded yes/no recognition task and free recall. After studying category exemplars, participants were tested either after re-presentation of a subset of the exemplars (cues) or without re-presentation. Free recall of all study items followed the recognition task in each trial. Across two experiments, results demonstrated part-list cuing impairment in two ways: significant slowing of target recognition and lower free recall of target items in cued than in uncued trials. These findings extend the limited research on part-list cuing in recognition and support retrieval inhibition and retrieval competition interpretations of the phenomenon. Moreover, despite arguments for the necessity of the presence of cues for part-list inhibition, the present experiments demonstrate that the negative effects of cues can persist in their absence.
Oswald
Karl M
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Department of Psychology, California State University, 2576 E. San Ramon, M/S ST11, Fresno, CA 93740-8039, USA. koswald@csufresno.edu
Serra
Matt
M
Krishna
Anand
A
D003463:Cues; D006801:Humans; D011939:Mental Recall; D011930:Reaction Time; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D017603:Signal Detection, Psychological