Single-trial free recall from temporal search sets in long-term memory
- 1 September 1975
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Memory & Cognition
- Vol. 3 (5) , 474-480
- https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03197517
Abstract
The notion that the primacy effect, which is found in single-trial free-recall experiments, is partly a function of a selective-search component (Shiffrin, 1970) is contingent upon the ability of subjects to retrieve information via a distinctive temporal cue. The beginning of a list may be such a cue which defines a restricted temporal search set within a list as a whole. To test this theory, a second list-half primacy effect was generated in some 26 “unrelated” words lists by associating one color with each word in the first list half and another color with each word in the second list half. As predicted by the two-process theory, retrieval of the words which were presented around the color shift was differentially facilitated as measured by the difference between the probabilities of recall and recognition at each serial position and as compared to that of lists where the color codes were randomly presented.Keywords
This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
- Recency-sensitive retrieval processes in long-term free recallCognitive Psychology, 1974
- The role of rehearsal in short-term memoryJournal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1973
- Encoding differences in recognition and recallMemory & Cognition, 1973
- Processing strategies for recognition and recall.Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1973
- Strategy control and directed forgettingJournal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1973
- Extension of multiple-range tests to interaction tables in the analysis of variance: A rapid approximate solution.Psychological Bulletin, 1972
- Amount of information and intralist similarity in paired-associates learning.Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1971
- Primacy effect in single-trial free recallJournal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1970
- Stimulus and response interference in recognition-memory experiments.Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1968
- The effects of intralist activity on free recallJournal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1967