Factors Influencing Remindings: The Importance of Presentation Rate and Context in Being Reminded

• Other Authors: Negley, Jacob H. (authoraut)
• Format: Others
• Language: English; English
• Published: Florida State University
• Subjects: Psychology; Neurosciences
• Online Access: http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-7528

Being reminded of a previous instance when encountering new items leads to a large memory benefit. However, little is known about what factors influence whether one will be reminded. In three experiments, I explored the influence of presentation rate (Experiments 1 and 2) and contextual factors (Experiment 3) on being reminded within classic A-B, A-D retroactive interference (RI) (Experiments 1 and 2) and proactive interference (PI) (Experiment 3) paradigms. Experiments 1 and 2 found evidence of presentation time affecting the likelihood of being reminded of a previous word pair for interfering items (A-B, A-D pairs) but not for repetitions (A-B, A-B items). Experiment 3 found evidence that changing the background context for individual items reduced remindings for both interfering items (A-B, A-D pairs) and repetitions (A-B, A-B items). Results indicate that both presentation rate and context influence whether one is reminded. === A Thesis submitted to the Department of Psychology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science. === Summer Semester, 2013. === June 28, 2013. === change detection, context, interferene, memory, recursive reminding, reminding === Includes bibliographical references. === Colleen Kelley, Professor Directing Thesis; Michael Kaschak, Committee Member; Sara Hart, Committee Member.