THE FACE-NAME MNEMONIC STRATEGY FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE

Prior research has demonstrated that the face-name mnemonic strategy i s useful for facilitating memory for names in response to true-to-life representations of faces (e.g., photographs). In Experiment 1, we suc cessfully extended this finding to a situation in which the stimuli cu ing name memory were caricatures. In Experiment 2, photographs and car icatures alternated as the stimulus materials prompting either name re call or recognition. Students using the mnemonic strategy again outper formed students using their own best method of study on both immediate and delayed tests. Because caricatures exaggerate prominent features, we had anticipated that the mnemonic approach might be relatively mor e effective with caricatures than with photographs. However, students using the face-name mnemonic strategy derived comparable benefits with both types of material. (C) 1997 Academic Press.