A reduction in false alarms to critical lures is observed in the DRM paradigm (Roediger & McDermott, 1995) when distinctive information is presented at encoding. Two mechanisms have been proposed to account for this reduction. According to the monitoring theory (e.g., the distinctiveness heuristic), lack of diagnostic recollection serves as a basis for discarding non-presented lures. According to the encoding theory, presenting distinctive information at study leads to impoverished relational processing, which results in a reduction in memorial information elicited by critical lures. In the present study a condition was created in which the use of the distinctiveness heuristic was precluded by associating, within the same study, lures with distinctive information in a context different from the study session. Under that condition reduction in false alarms to distinctive critical lures was still observed. This result supports the predictions of the encoding theory. However, when in the same study the use of the distinctiveness heuristic was not precluded, reductions in false alarms to unrelated lures were also observed when distinctive information was presented at study, indicating that both mechanisms are likely to contribute to the rejection of false memories. © 2011 Psychology Press.

Both differences in encoding processes and monitoring at retrieval reduce false alarms when distinctive information is studied / Hanczakowski, Maciej; Mazzoni, Giuliana. - In: MEMORY. - ISSN 0965-8211. - 19:3(2011), pp. 280-289. [10.1080/09658211.2011.558514]

Both differences in encoding processes and monitoring at retrieval reduce false alarms when distinctive information is studied

Mazzoni, Giuliana
2011

Abstract

A reduction in false alarms to critical lures is observed in the DRM paradigm (Roediger & McDermott, 1995) when distinctive information is presented at encoding. Two mechanisms have been proposed to account for this reduction. According to the monitoring theory (e.g., the distinctiveness heuristic), lack of diagnostic recollection serves as a basis for discarding non-presented lures. According to the encoding theory, presenting distinctive information at study leads to impoverished relational processing, which results in a reduction in memorial information elicited by critical lures. In the present study a condition was created in which the use of the distinctiveness heuristic was precluded by associating, within the same study, lures with distinctive information in a context different from the study session. Under that condition reduction in false alarms to distinctive critical lures was still observed. This result supports the predictions of the encoding theory. However, when in the same study the use of the distinctiveness heuristic was not precluded, reductions in false alarms to unrelated lures were also observed when distinctive information was presented at study, indicating that both mechanisms are likely to contribute to the rejection of false memories. © 2011 Psychology Press.
2011
Distinctiveness heuristic; False memory; Relational processing; Retrieval monitoring; Adolescent; Adult; Humans; Mental Processes; Mental Recall; Recognition (Psychology); Repression, Psychology; Psychology (all)
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Both differences in encoding processes and monitoring at retrieval reduce false alarms when distinctive information is studied / Hanczakowski, Maciej; Mazzoni, Giuliana. - In: MEMORY. - ISSN 0965-8211. - 19:3(2011), pp. 280-289. [10.1080/09658211.2011.558514]
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