Source monitoring does not alleviate (and may exacerbate) the occurrence of memory conjunction errors
2002; Elsevier BV; Volume: 47; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s0749-596x(02)00005-0
ISSN1096-0821
AutoresRichard L. Marsh, Jason L. Hicks, Taylor Davis,
Tópico(s)Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
ResumoFour experiments investigated whether memory conjunction errors could be reduced when memories were inspected in a source-monitoring task as opposed to the standard recognition tests that have traditionally been used in this literature. A conjunction stimulus is composed of pieces that have been experienced previously but in different contexts. We found that source monitoring did not generally reduce conjunction errors, but rather increased them in some cases. The data are consistent with theoretical accounts that characterize conjunction materials as evoking high degrees of familiarity. We also present an alternative account in which partial recollective details of context can act as familiarity in order to account for the above-chance source monitoring when pieces of conjunctions were studied in the same context.
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