A FURTHER ATTEMPT TO DEMONSTRATE HYPERMNESIA IN RECOGNITION

Authors
OTANI H STIMSON MJ
Citation
H. Otani et Mj. Stimson, A FURTHER ATTEMPT TO DEMONSTRATE HYPERMNESIA IN RECOGNITION, The Psychological record, 44(1), 1994, pp. 25-34
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
The Psychological record → ACNP
ISSN journal
00332933
Volume
44
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
25 - 34
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2933(1994)44:1<25:AFATDH>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Two experiments were conducted in an effort to demonstrate hypermnesia in recognition. College students processed either a related or unrela ted list of 100 nouns using either a relational processing, item-speci fic processing, or intentional learning strategy. Three recognition te sts (yes-no tests in Experiment 1 and forced-choice tests in Experimen t 2) were administered. Recognition performance did not improve over t he repeated tests. It was concluded that hypermnesia does not occur in recognition even when processing strategy produces a significant effe ct.