CONTEXTS AND FUNCTIONS OF RETRIEVAL

Koriat & Goldsmith provide an excellent analysis of the flexibility of retrieval processes and how they are situationally dependent. I agree with their emphasis on functional considerations and argue that the t raditional laboratory experiment motivates the subject to be accurate. However, I disagree with their strong claim that the quantity-accurac y distinction implies an essential discontinuity between traditional a nd naturalistic approaches to the study of memory.