PSYCH 3VV3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Recognition Memory, Dual Process Theory, Detection Theory
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Study phase: study a list of words (or faces, or places) Test phase: present test words one at a time. Is the test word old or new: old = the word was in the study phase, new = the word was not in the study phase. The origins of single process theories of recognition. Opposite effects of word frequency in recall and recognition tasks. Recall involves 2 processes: generation (of a candidate to be evaluated, recognition (assessment of familiarity) Recognition involves one process: recognition (assessment of familiarity) A challenge for single process theories of recognition. A pattern of data involving 2 stimulus types in a recognition memory task: ex. high vs low word frequency. A mirror effect occurs when both hit rates are high and false alarm rates are low for one condition relative to the other. Another challenge for single process theories of recognition. Familiarity: fast access to item information. Recollection: slow access to associative information.
