Article comprehension Check 5

Question 1

The three tasks performed by 5s were as
follows:

Answer 1

pleasant- unpleasant, number of letters and e

Question 2

What do these results have to say with re-
gard to the several mechanisms suggested to
account for organization in recall?

Answer 2

It seems
that no matter how we characterize the differ-
ences between the tasks (the way 5” uses the
word, amount of attention required of S, etc.)
that produce differences in organization in re-
call, we are led to the same locus of the effect—
the nature of the stored trace.

Question 3

The final suggestion as to a mecb” nism is
that of Tulving (1962, 1966), who suggested

Answer 3

that it is the traces of the words themselves that
are stored together in some fashion that serves
to facilitate organization in recall.

Question 4

One possible explanation for the differences
in organization and recall produced by the
different tasks is that

Answer 4

he two tasks, E and
number of letters, somehow led to some type of
“counterorganization,” which was inefficient.