[Effects of retrieving context information on accuracy-confidence relationships in recognition memory for faces].
We investigated how retrieval conditions affect accuracy-confidence (A-C) relationship sin recognition memory for faces. Seventy participants took a face-recognition test and rated their confidence in their judgment. Twenty-three participants were assigned to a retrieval condition, where they were encouraged to remember background information (scenery) of each picture just before rating their confidence. Twenty-four participants were assigned to a verbalizing condition, in which they were encouraged to remember and verbally describe the background of each picture before rating. Twenty-three participants were assigned to a control condition. The results showed that for the control condition, an A-C relationship was found for old items but not for new items, replicating the results of Takahashi (1998) and Wagenaar (1988). In contrast, in the retrieval condition, an A-C relationship was found for both old and new items. In the verbalizing condition, an A-C relationship was not found for either old or new items. The results showed that retrieving background information affects A-C relationships, supporting the idea that confidence ratings rely not only on memory traces but also on various kinds of information such as retrieved background scenery. Implications for eyewitness testimony were discussed.
Ishizaki
Chikage
C
Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Letters, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan. ishizaki@psych.let.hokudai.ac.jp
Naka
Makiko
M
Aritomi
Miyoko
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001244:Association; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D011939:Mental Recall; D021641:Recognition, Psychology