Thompson Kate M, Fawcett Jonathan M, Taylor Tracy L
Dalhousie University, Canada.
Acta Psychol (Amst). 2011 Sep;138(1):171-5. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2011.06.001. Epub 2011 Jul 16.
The current study contrasted a standard yes/no recognition task with a tagging recognition task in the context of an item-method directed forgetting paradigm. During the study phase, a series of words was presented one at a time, each followed by an instruction to remember (R) or forget (F). The retention of R and F study words was tested using either a typical yes/no recognition task or a tagging recognition task in which participants labeled each word as "R", "F" or "New". The directed forgetting effect observed in each task was equivalent in magnitude. However, the tagging recognition task afforded an additional analysis of the errors of misattribution that was not possible with the more typical yes/no recognition task. Interestingly, when falsely recognizing a Foil word, participants were more likely to assign an "F" tag than an "R" tag. These errors of misattribution are consistent with existing accounts of directed forgetting that suggest R words are better encoded than F words. We argue for the utility of the tagging procedure, given it does not alter the directed forgetting effect normally seen with yes/no recognition but provides additional information about errors of misattribution.
在项目法指向性遗忘范式的背景下，当前研究将标准的是/否识别任务与标记识别任务进行了对比。在学习阶段，一系列单词逐个呈现，每个单词之后会给出一个记住（R）或忘记（F）的指令。使用典型的是/否识别任务或标记识别任务来测试R和F学习单词的保持情况，在标记识别任务中，参与者将每个单词标记为“R”、“F”或“新的”。在每个任务中观察到的指向性遗忘效应在大小上是相当的。然而，标记识别任务提供了对错误归因的额外分析，这对于更典型的是/否识别任务来说是不可能的。有趣的是，当错误识别一个陪衬词时，参与者更有可能分配一个“F”标签而不是“R”标签。这些错误归因与现有的指向性遗忘观点一致，即R单词比F单词编码得更好。我们认为标记程序是有用的，因为它不会改变通常在是/否识别中看到的指向性遗忘效应，但提供了关于错误归因的额外信息。
