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Semantic encoding by mildly retarded and non‐retarded individuals
Author(s) -
STAN E. A.,
MOSLEY J. L.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1988.tb01427.x
Subject(s) - optimal distinctiveness theory , encoding (memory) , psychology , episodic memory , task (project management) , semantic memory , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , audiology , cognition , neuroscience , social psychology , medicine , management , economics
. Three comparable groups of mildly retarded inviduals were required to encode words according to one of the levels of processing paradigm, a distinctiveness of encoding paradigm or a control condition in which encoding was not influenced in any manner. Their performance on an immediate but unexpected recognition task was compared to that of three comparable groups of equal‐MA and three comparable groups of equal‐CA individuals. The equal‐CA group was the only group advantaged by both the levels of processing (LOP) and the distinctiveness of encoding (DOE) manipulations. The solid performance of the equal‐MA subjects in the control, the LOP and the DOE conditions was attributed to the efficient use of episodic memory. The poor performance of the mildly retarded subjects across these conditions was attributed to the lack of semantic organization in permanent memory and to an inefficiency in the use of episodic memory.