Two predictions of a compound cue model of priming

This paper examines two predictions of the compound cue model of priming (Ratcliff & McKoon, 1988). Although this model has been used to provide an account of a wide range of priming effects, it may not actually predict priming in these or other circumstances. To predict priming effects, the compound cue model relies on an assumption that all items have the same number of associates. This assumption may be true in only a restricted number of cases. This paper demonstrates that when this assumption does not hold, the model does not easily predict priming. Second, the model fails on its own grounds in that it makes explicit predictions with respect to repetition priming effects, which do not match previously observed properties of repetition priming.