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Late consequences of early selection: When memory monitoring backfires

Zawadzka, Katarzyna; Hanczakowski, Maciej; Wilding, Edward L.

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Authors

Katarzyna Zawadzka

Maciej Hanczakowski

Edward L. Wilding



Abstract

At retrieval, people can adopt a retrieval orientation by which they recreate the mental operations used at encoding. Monitoring by retrieval orientation leads to assessing all test items for qualities related to the encoding task, which enriches foils with some of the qualities already possessed by targets. We investigated the consequences of adopting a retrieval orientation under conditions of repeated monitoring of the same foils. Participants first processed foils in the context of one of two tests encouraging different retrieval orientations. The foils were then re-used on a subsequent test in which retrieval orientation either matched or mismatched that adopted on the first test. In the aggregate data, false alarms for repeated foils were higher when there was a match between the retrieval orientations on both tests. This demonstrates that when retrieval orientation enriches foils with target-like characteristics, it can backfire when repeated monitoring of the same foils is required.

Citation

Zawadzka, K., Hanczakowski, M., & Wilding, E. L. (2017). Late consequences of early selection: When memory monitoring backfires. Journal of Memory and Language, 92, 114-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2016.06.003

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 13, 2016
Online Publication Date Jun 22, 2016
Publication Date 2017-02
Deposit Date Jul 5, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Journal of Memory and Language
Print ISSN 0749-596X
Electronic ISSN 1096-0821
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 92
Pages 114-127
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2016.06.003
Keywords retrieval orientation; Monitoring; Memory for foils
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/970768
Publisher URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749596X16300481

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