L6 Types of Retrieval

Question 1

What is free recall ?

Answer 1

Recall as much as you can about a subject/list etc.

Question 2

What is the generate-recognise theory of free recall ?

Answer 2

Strategies that allow the participant to use a specific retrieval strategy
Recall and recognition are dependant on each other
Pegword method - associate lists
Method of Loci

Question 3

What did Tulving and Thomas find about recognition failure ?

Answer 3

Recognition is easier than recall
Many words are recalled that were not recognised
Recall can produce better memory than recognition

Question 4

What is the encoding specificity principle ?

Answer 4

Memory performance is best when the cues present match those that were there during encoding

Question 5

What is reality monitoring ?

Answer 5

Johnson and Rye
Memory for the source of information may not be stored
Remember the content of the imagined events but forget that the source was internal

Question 6

What was Goff and Roediger 1998 experiment ?

Answer 6

Imagine performing an action statement
Found that over time people actually believed they actually performed the imagined action

Question 7

What did Schooler find about real and suggested events ?

Answer 7

40% incorrect
It was just up to chance to tell the different between real and suggested events