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Retrieval Induced Forgetting in Recognition Memory

Glanc, Gina Ann
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1207178975

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2008, Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, Experimental Psychology.
It has been demonstrated that the very act of remembering can itself cause forgetting of related information. This retrieval-induced forgetting (Anderson, Bjork, & Bjork, 1994) has been demonstrated in a variety of cued and free recall studies and has been attributed to an inhibitory mechanism activated during retrieval in order to deactivate the memory representations of competing items in order to facilitate correct recall of target items. The current study generalizes the effect of retrieval-induced forgetting to recognition memory. Experiment 1 demonstrated a typical retrieval-induced forgetting effect using a test of item recognition. Recognition performance was higher for practiced items than for control items from unpracticed categories, while recognition performance for the remaining items from practiced categories was lower than recognition performance seen for control items. Experiment 2 found a similar pattern in subjective remember responses when old recognition decisions were further discriminated by a remember/know test. The results from these two experiments support the active suppression explanation for retrieval-induced forgetting. Experiment 3 failed to support the competition assumption that is important in the active suppression hypothesis. The amount of retrieval-induced forgetting was not affected by the strength of competing items. In fact, no impairment was seen at all when item strength was controlled. In addition, Experiment 4 failed to show evidence of retrieval-induced forgetting using an independent practice cue. Therefore, results from Experiments 3 and 4 may illustrate that the retrieval-induced forgetting mechanism operates differently in recognition than in free and cued recall.
Dr. Robert L. Greene, PhD (Committee Chair)
Dr. Douglas K. Detterman, PhD (Committee Member)
Dr. Joseph F. Fagan, PhD (Committee Member)
Dr. Fey Parrill, PhD (Committee Member)
86 p.
Psychology
retrieval induced forgetting; recognition memory; retrieval interference

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  • Glanc, G. A. (2008). Retrieval Induced Forgetting in Recognition Memory [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1207178975

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Glanc, Gina. Retrieval Induced Forgetting in Recognition Memory. 2008. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1207178975.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Glanc, Gina. "Retrieval Induced Forgetting in Recognition Memory." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1207178975

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