COMPONENTS OF RECOLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE IN CUED-RECALL

Components of recollective experience were examined in relation to cue effectiveness by presenting subjects with their own or someone else's associations as retrieval cues. When recalling an item, subjects indi cated whether they consciously recollected its prior occurrence (''rem embering'') or recalled it on some other basis, in the absence of cons cious recollection (''knowing''). The results showed that cue compatib ility (self-generated vs. someone else's cues) and retention interval (immediate vs. delayed test) selectively impaired retention accompanie d by recollective experience, as measured by remember responses, but h ad reduced effects in the absence of recollective experience, as measu red by know responses. The results are discussed in terms of variables dissociating judgments of recollective experience.