Accessing the particular from the general: The power of distinctiveness in the context of organization

被引:76
作者
Hunt, RR
Smith, RE
机构
[1] University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
[2] Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
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D O I
10.3758/BF03200882
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Recall is inversely related to the number of items sharing a cue. The Limiting case of unique cue-target relationships supports extremely high levels of recall, particularly when the cue is self-generated. This fact is incongruous with the importance assigned to the construct of organization in memory theory. Further, self-generated unique cue-target relationships tend to be idiosyncratic, implying that the power of unique cues should be limited to cases of self-cued memory. The experiments presented here suggest a role for organization that reconciles the fact of unique cue effectiveness with the importance of organization to memory. Two new findings are reported: Unique cue production enhances target encoding; and general cues can access particular encodings. The data are further tribute to the importance of simultaneous organizational and distinctive processing and recommend a new perspective on the function of organization in memory.
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