Searching for to-be-forgotten material in a directed forgetting task.
- 1 October 1972
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Experimental Psychology
- Vol. 95 (2) , 349-357
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0033631
Abstract
Included occasional tests of to-be-forgotten (TBF) items in a paired-associate probe experiment with 96 adults to test the notion that TBF items are available to S but are normally excluded from the search set. When S was not informed that the probe was for TBF material, recall was very low, as would be expected if the search were restricted to the to-be-remembered material. When S was informed that the probe was for TBF material and could redirect the search, recall was equal to lists in which no forget cue was given. The recall and error data provide good evidence that S can maintain a selective search. Selective search as the mechanism operative in directed forgetting is discussed. (17 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)Keywords
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