The effects of input processing and test demands on environmental context-dependent memory : a cue competition interpretation /
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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1989.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Abstract: | Three experiments are reported in which environmental context-dependent memory was investigated losing direct and indirect tests of memory. The theoretical perspectives which motivated the studies include the Outshining and the Context Encoding hypotheses. The Outshining hypothesis assumes that environmental context is encoded with target items irrespective of input processing (e.g., associative vs. nonassociative processing), but that the detection of context dependence rests on the availability and/or use of other "better" cuing sources at test. The Outshining hypothesis predicts context dependence when better cuing sources are not encoded at input or when they are prevented from use at test. The Context Encoding hypothesis suggests that context information suffers restricted encoding when input processing of target items involves greater cognitive load (e.g., associative processing). Greater context dependence is predicted when input processing requires little cognitive load, hence increasing the amount of context information encoded. Results of the three experiments provide compellingly consistent support for the Outshining hypothesis. With direct tests of memory context dependence occurred only when input processing involved nonassociative processing of target information. With indirect tests context dependence obtained irrespective of input processing. |
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| Item Description: | Typescript (photocopy). Vita. "Major subject: Psychology." |
| Physical Description: | vii, 94 leaves ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |