MODELING THE CONSCIOUS CORRELATES OF RECOGNITION MEMORY - REFLECTIONSON THE REMEMBER-KNOW PARADIGM

Understanding how memory processes contribute to the conscious experie nce of memory is central to contemporary cognitive psychology. Recentl y, many investigators (e.g., Gardiner, 1988) have examined the remembe r-know paradigm to understand the conscious correlates of recognition memory. A variety of studies have demonstrated that variables have dif ferent effects on remember and know responses, and these findings have been interpreted in the context of dual-process models of recognition memory. This paper presents a single-process model of the remember-kn ow paradigm, emphasizing the dependence of remember and know judgments on a set of common underlying processes (e.g., criterion setting). We use this model to demonstrate how a single-process model can give ris e to the functional dissociations presented in the remember-know liter ature. We close by detailing procedures for testing our model and desc ribing how those tests may facilitate the development of dual-process models.