Social collaboration, inhibition and context.
This experiment investigated whether the exchange of information in social recall situations produced an inhibitory effect comparable to that observed in part-set cuing studies. 112 participants solved anagrams either individually or with a partner, then after a brief interference task recalled the words alone. Following delay participants attempted to recall the words a second time either alone or with a partner. Pairs recalled more words on second recall than those alone. This difference was due to pooling; there was no evidence of collaborative facilitation. Individuals who encoded individually and recalled as a pair forgot more items than those who encoded and recalled individually.
Division of Psychology and Social Change, Manchester Metropolitan University, Elizabeth Gaskell Campus, Hathersage Road, Manchester, M13 0JA, England. N.Dagnall@mmu.ac.uk
Neil
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Dagnall
Andrew
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Parker
Gary
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Munley
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D011939:Mental Recall; D012919:Social Behavior; D012931:Social Environment; D014825:Vocabulary