Current Perspectives on Directed Forgetting

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Abstract

This chapter reviews updated Directed Forgetting (DF) research, reflecting significant changes in the field. It is divided into four sections, beginning with methodologies of item-method and list-method DF and their measurement challenges. The next section addresses how people respond to directed forgetting cues by implementing forgetting strategies, suggesting a shift towards controlled processes. Subsequent sections summarize empirical and theoretical developments, indicating a paradigm shift that has taken place in DF theorizing—namely, list-method DF, once attributed to retrieval inhibition is now considered by some to reflect a context-change phenomenon, whereas item-method DF, previously explained by selective rehearsal processes is now being reevaluated for encoding inhibition and contextual unbinding processes. Such views provide a radical departure from the ways that DF has been interpreted previously, and they highlight how conceptualizing about DF has evolved in light of newer research methodologies and findings.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationThe Oxford Handbook of Human Memory, Two Volume Pack
Subtitle of host publicationFoundations and Applications
EditorsMichael J. Kahana, Anthony D. Wagner
PublisherOxford University Press
Pages1257-1277
ISBN (Electronic)9780190918019
ISBN (Print)9780190917982
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2024

Publication series

NameOxford Library of Psychology

Keywords

  • directed forgetting
  • inhibition
  • context-change
  • intentional forgetting
  • motivated forgetting

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