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Automatic retrieval in directed forgetting.

Jennifer Vonk1, Keith D Horton

  • 1Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Memory & Cognition
|August 29, 2006
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This study explored automatic retrieval in directed forgetting. Results showed a directed-forgetting effect on automatic retrieval with the item method but not the list method, suggesting different forgetting mechanisms.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Memory Research

Background:

  • Directed forgetting research investigates memory control processes.
  • Automatic retrieval plays a key role in memory recall.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the role of automatic retrieval in directed forgetting.
  • To compare different methods for assessing automatic retrieval.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments used a stem completion test to assess automatic retrieval.
  • Compared implicit, process dissociation procedure (PDP), and speeded response groups.
  • Manipulated item versus list methods for directed forgetting.

Main Results:

  • Directed forgetting affected automatic retrieval with the item method, but not the list method.

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  • The speeded response group demonstrated a purely automatic retrieval strategy.
  • The PDP group showed lower automatic retrieval estimates compared to other groups.

    • Conclusions:

    • Findings support selective rehearsal or inhibition accounts for list-method directed forgetting.
    • Different methods for assessing automatic retrieval may elicit varied strategies.
    • The study highlights the nuanced role of automatic retrieval in memory control.