Color Context As. A Factor in Encoding and as an Organization Device for Retrieval of Word Lists
- 1 October 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of General Psychology
- Vol. 99 (2) , 223-232
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00221309.1978.9710507
Abstract
One hundred twenty female undergraduates were presented hierarchically organized or randomly arranged word lists within a context of hierarchically organized or randomly arranged color patterns. Recall scores were significantly higher with a hierarchic color pattern than with a random color pattern; this facilitating effect occurred for both hierarchic organizations and random arrangements of the word lists. The results suggest that S may use context as both a cueing or differentiating factor in encoding and as an organizational device for retrieval.Keywords
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