Encoding specificity in associative processing tasks

Examined the encoding specificity effect in 3 recognition memory experiments employing an associative processing (cuing) task. Ss were 143 undergraduates. Typical yes-no recognition was compared to forced-choice testing using weak and strong associative cuing (Exp I), primary and secondary usage (Ex...

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Published in:Journal of Experimental Psychology : Human Learning and Memory 1975-09, Vol.1 (5), p.538-548
Main Authors: Pellegrino, James W, Salzberg, Philip M
Format: Article
Language:English
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Contextual Associations
Human
Memory
Recognition (Learning)
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Summary:Examined the encoding specificity effect in 3 recognition memory experiments employing an associative processing (cuing) task. Ss were 143 undergraduates. Typical yes-no recognition was compared to forced-choice testing using weak and strong associative cuing (Exp I), primary and secondary usage (Exp II), and cue-target re-pairing (Exp III). In all 3 experiments a large decrement in performance accompanied cuing changes, and this occurred for both types of recognition testing. Results are interpreted in terms of a semantic feature model in which associative processing (cuing) severely restricts input and output feature sampling. It is also argued that encoding specificity studies can be viewed in terms of a general model of recognition memory postulating a continuum of feature overlap dependent on 3 feature sampling factors. (16 ref)
ISSN:0096-1515
0278-7393
2327-9745
1939-1285
DOI:10.1037/0278-7393.1.5.538