Examining the relationships among item recognition, source recognition, and recall from an individual differences perspective.
The authors of the current study examined the relationships among item-recognition, source-recognition, free recall, and other memory and cognitive ability tasks via an individual differences analysis. Two independent sources of variance contributed to item-recognition and source-recognition performance, and these two constructs related differentially to other memory and cognitive ability constructs. The results are in accordance with a dual-process theory of memory retrieval in which a familiarity process can support judgments of previous occurrence and a more strategic recollection process is needed for controlled search of long-term memory. Furthermore, the authors offer additional evidence in favor of a dual-process model by showing validity for these two unique sources of variance.
Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA. nunswor@uga.edu
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001245:Association Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D003463:Cues; D004193:Discrimination Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D011932:Reading; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014705:Verbal Behavior; D014825:Vocabulary; D055815:Young Adult