Generation and Memory for Contextual Detail

Autor/in	Mulligan, Neil W.
Titel	Generation and Memory for Contextual Detail
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 30 (2004) 4, S.838-855 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-7393
Schlagwörter	Memory; Context Effect; Psychological Studies; Cognitive Processes; Word Lists; Material Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gedächtnis; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Wortliste; Lehrmaterialentwicklung
Abstract	Generation enhances item memory but may not enhance other aspects of memory. In 12 experiments, the author investigated the effect of generation on context memory, motivated in part by the hypothesis that generation produces a trade-off in encoding item and contextual information. Participants generated some study words (e.g., hot-___) and read others (e.g., hot-cold). Generation consistently enhanced item memory but did not enhance context memory. More specifically, generation disrupted context memory for the color of the target word but did not affect context memory for location, background color, and cue-word color. The specificity of the negative generation effect in context memory argues against a general item-context trade-off. A processing account of generation meets greater success. In addition, the results provide no evidence that generation enhances recollection of contextual details. (Author).
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