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  • Memory Research

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  • Directed forgetting involves enhanced memory for 'remember' items over 'forget' items.
  • The dominant theory attributes this effect to selective rehearsal during encoding.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To test the hypothesis that directed forgetting effects in recognition are solely due to encoding mechanisms.
  • To investigate the role of retrieval-based processes in the item-method directed forgetting paradigm.

Main Methods:

  • Three experiments used an item-method directed forgetting paradigm.
  • Recognition test items were color-coded (black, green for remember, red for forget) to cue retrieval.
  • Cueing was manipulated within- or between-blocks, with feedback in Experiment 3.

Main Results:

  • Color-coding recognition cues did not influence the magnitude of the directed forgetting effect.
  • Overall recognition improved with feedback in Experiment 3, but the directed forgetting effect remained unchanged.
  • No evidence supported retrieval-based strategies influencing recognition of forgotten items.

Conclusions:

  • The findings challenge theories suggesting retrieval-based strategies contribute to directed forgetting effects.
  • Results strongly support the role of encoding intentions in producing directed forgetting effects.
  • Directed forgetting appears to be an encoding-driven phenomenon.