REDINTEGRATIVE MEMORY

Proposes the following criterion for calling a memory task redintegrative: In free recall the probability should be high that an S who recalls part of a unit recall the whole unit. 4 tasks that met the criterion and 2 tasks that did not were examined. The redintegrative tasks showed that whatever part of a unit was best remembered in free recall was also the best cue for eliciting the whole unit; it had the greatest redintegrative power. This consistency appeared in memory for single words, phrases, sentences, and 2-digit numbers. Results are related to the issue of associative symmetry and to other matters of verbal behavior. (26 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1969 American Psychological Association.