Late consequences of early selection: when memory monitoring backfires

Katarzyna Zawadzka*, Maciej Hanczakowski, Edward L. Wilding

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

At retrieval, people can adopt a retrieval orientation by which they recreate the mental operations used at encoding. Monitoring by retrieval orientation leads to assessing all test items for qualities related to the encoding task, which enriches foils with some of the qualities already possessed by targets. We investigated the consequences of adopting a retrieval orientation under conditions of repeated monitoring of the same foils. Participants first processed foils in the context of one of two tests encouraging different retrieval orientations. The foils were then re-used on a subsequent test in which retrieval orientation either matched or mismatched that adopted on the first test. In the aggregate data, false alarms for repeated foils were higher when there was a match between the retrieval orientations on both tests. This demonstrates that when retrieval orientation enriches foils with target-like characteristics, it can backfire when repeated monitoring of the same foils is required.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)114-127
Number of pages14
JournalJournal of Memory and Language
Volume92
Early online date22 Jun 2016
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2017

Keywords

  • memory for foils
  • monitoring
  • retrieval orientation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
  • Language and Linguistics
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Linguistics and Language
  • Artificial Intelligence

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