James B Worthen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5710087 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James B Worthen |
| GIVEN NAMES | James B |
| FAMILY NAME | Worthen |
| SIGNATURE | WORTHEN J B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southeastern Louisiana University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Humour mediates the facilitative effect of bizarreness in delayed recall
The first empirical study focused exclusively on the influence of bizarre elaboration on memory ( Delin, 1968 ) indicated a significant relationship between bizarreness and recall after a 15‐week delay. However, that study was strongly criticized on methodological grounds. The present study offers a conceptual replication of Delin's historically significant study which sought to verify his influential, yet criticized, results and to test the poss…
Gender Bias in Attributions of Responsibility for Abuse
Memory for Frequency of Bizarre and Common Stimuli
In 2 experiments, the influence of intention to process frequency on accuracy of memory for frequency of bizarre and common sentences was investigated. The results from multiple regression analyses indicated that intentional processing increased the accuracy of frequency judgments when memory for frequency was tested after a 2-min (Experiment 1) and after a 48-hr (Experiment 2) retention interval. Furthermore, the results of Experiment 2 indicate…
Test of Competing Explanations of the Bizarre Response Bias in Recognition Memory
Recent research has demonstrated that a more liberal response criterion is used when people make judgments about bizarre items than about common items in old-new tests of recognition. The present study was designed to test 2 possible explanations of the bizarre response bias. The bizarre-relations explanation suggests that the bizarre response bias is triggered by the bizarre relations depicted in test items. The target-constituent explanation su…
Tests of a Cognitive-Resource-Allocation Account of the Bizarreness Effect
The authors examined the role of cognitive-resource allocation in obtaining the often reported memory advantage for bizarre relative to common information by using the secondary-task method in 4 experiments. In Experiments 1 and 2, they investigated the relationship between differences in cognitive resource allocation during comprehension and in recall for common and bizarre information. In Experiments 3 and 4, they investigated the same relation…
Gender Bias in Attributions of Responsibility for Abuse
Test of Competing Explanations of the Bizarre Response Bias in Recognition Memory
Recent research has demonstrated that a more liberal response criterion is used when people make judgments about bizarre items than about common items in old-new tests of recognition. The present study was designed to test 2 possible explanations of the bizarre response bias. The bizarre-relations explanation suggests that the bizarre response bias is triggered by the bizarre relations depicted in test items. The target-constituent explanation su…
Tests of a Cognitive-Resource-Allocation Account of the Bizarreness Effect
The authors examined the role of cognitive-resource allocation in obtaining the often reported memory advantage for bizarre relative to common information by using the secondary-task method in 4 experiments. In Experiments 1 and 2, they investigated the relationship between differences in cognitive resource allocation during comprehension and in recall for common and bizarre information. In Experiments 3 and 4, they investigated the same relation…
Tests of a Cognitive-Resource-Allocation Account of the Bizarreness Effect
The authors examined the role of cognitive-resource allocation in obtaining the often reported memory advantage for bizarre relative to common information by using the secondary-task method in 4 experiments. In Experiments 1 and 2, they investigated the relationship between differences in cognitive resource allocation during comprehension and in recall for common and bizarre information. In Experiments 3 and 4, they investigated the same relation…
Memory for Frequency of Bizarre and Common Stimuli
In 2 experiments, the influence of intention to process frequency on accuracy of memory for frequency of bizarre and common sentences was investigated. The results from multiple regression analyses indicated that intentional processing increased the accuracy of frequency judgments when memory for frequency was tested after a 2-min (Experiment 1) and after a 48-hr (Experiment 2) retention interval. Furthermore, the results of Experiment 2 indicate…
Test of Competing Explanations of the Bizarre Response Bias in Recognition Memory
Recent research has demonstrated that a more liberal response criterion is used when people make judgments about bizarre items than about common items in old-new tests of recognition. The present study was designed to test 2 possible explanations of the bizarre response bias. The bizarre-relations explanation suggests that the bizarre response bias is triggered by the bizarre relations depicted in test items. The target-constituent explanation su…
Gender Bias in Attributions of Responsibility for Abuse
Humour mediates the facilitative effect of bizarreness in delayed recall
The first empirical study focused exclusively on the influence of bizarre elaboration on memory ( Delin, 1968 ) indicated a significant relationship between bizarreness and recall after a 15‐week delay. However, that study was strongly criticized on methodological grounds. The present study offers a conceptual replication of Delin's historically significant study which sought to verify his influential, yet criticized, results and to test the poss…
Psychology (5 works) · Cognitive psychology (4 works) · Memory Processes and Influences (4 works) · Cognition (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Deception detection and forensic psychology (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Neuroscience (2 works) · Recall (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)