Noun Imagery and Retroactive Inhibition in Free Recall

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ID13656347
AuthorsWayne H Decker (Middle Tennessee State University, corresponding author), J Stephen Scott (Middle Tennessee State University)
Year1978
Volume43
Issue3
Pages691-696
Publication date1978-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1978.43.3.691
OpenAlexW2017665232
LanguageEN
References cited14

Two experiments were conducted investigating retroactive inhibition in free recall as a function of rated imagery level (high or low). In Exp. I there was significant retroactive inhibition in all experimental conditions relative to single-list controls and more interference when two lists of the same imagery level were learned than when the lists were different in imagery. In Exp. II all subjects learned a mixed List 1 containing nouns, half of high and half of low imagery. List 2 were nouns of high, mixed, or low imagery. The effect of type of List 2 was not significant, but the interaction of List 1 imagery and type of List 2 did reach significance. The amount of retroactive inhibition-at each level of imagery was related to the number of List 2 words at the same level. Thus, the similarity effect is not dependent on the similarity of Lists 1 and 2 as wholes, as the response-set interpretation of retroactive inhibition suggests, but seems to be due to more specific interference among items similar in imagery

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Free recall · Image (mathematics · Mental image · Natural language processing · Noun · Recall · Set (abstract data type · Similarity (geometry · Artificial Intelligence · Behavioral and Psychological Studies · Computer Science · Deception detection and forensic psychology · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Psychology

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