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Selective encoding processes in recognition
Author(s) -
Wright Jon,
Ciccone Donald S.,
Brelsford John W.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1977.tb01592.x
Subject(s) - encoding (memory) , psychology , recall , nonsense , stimulus (psychology) , encode , cognitive psychology , context dependent memory , context (archaeology) , communication , natural language processing , free recall , computer science , paleontology , biochemistry , chemistry , biology , gene
Recent studies using orienting tasks (Hyde & Jenkins, 1969, 1973) suggest that a subject's encoding operations are best characterized as a directed or selective process. Inferences about encoding from these experiments, however, are based on quantitative differences in recall performance. It was felt that more sensitive tests of the nature of information stored as the result of hypothetical encoding operations were necessary. In a recognition paradigm, critical items were presented in the context of meaningful modifiers or in the context of nonsense, rhyming modifiers to encourage subjects to selectively encode specified sets of stimulus attributes. The effectiveness of the manipulation was evaluated in terms of the false alarm errors to either semantically related distractors, or non‐semantically related distractors. Despite indications of an effective encoding manipulation, no recognition performance differences to unrelated control items were obtained. Some implications for the levels of processing theory of Craik & Lockhart (1972) were discussed.