Effects of Conceptually Based Familiarity in Memory Conjunction Errors

The authors examined whether the frequency of conjunction errors varied in a recognition test according to the semantic relation between 2 words. Participants studied a series of natural (meaningful) or bizarre Japanese noun phrase patterns and later completed a recognition test that contained old,...

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Published in:The Journal of general psychology 2008-04, Vol.135 (2), p.205-220
Main Authors: Hirano, Tetsuji, Ukita, Jun, Kashu, Kan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asian Continental Ancestry Group
Biological and medical sciences
conceptually based familiarity
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Humans
Japanese noun phrase
Language Disorders - diagnosis
Language Disorders - psychology
Learning. Memory
Linguistics
Memory
memory conjunction errors
Memory Disorders - psychology
Models, Psychological
Phonetics
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
R&D
Recognition (Psychology)
Research & development
Response rates
Semantics
Studies
Translating
Verbal Behavior
Vocabulary
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Summary:The authors examined whether the frequency of conjunction errors varied in a recognition test according to the semantic relation between 2 words. Participants studied a series of natural (meaningful) or bizarre Japanese noun phrase patterns and later completed a recognition test that contained old, conjunction, feature, and new stimuli. Participants who studied a list of natural noun phrases did not make any false old responses to unmatched (bizarre) conjunction stimuli. However, participants who studied bizarre noun phrases made as many false old responses to matched (bizarre) conjunction stimuli as to unmatched (natural) conjunction stimuli. The results of the bizarre study stimuli group indicated that bizarre noun phrases may be translated into meaningful stimuli because of mnemonic instruction. Together, the results support the hypothesis that conceptually based familiarity, not pure perceptually based familiarity, influences false old responses to conjunction stimuli.
ISSN:0022-1309
1940-0888
DOI:10.3200/GENP.135.2.205-220