TY - JOUR
T1 - Memory for information about persons
T2 - the effect of encoding operations on subsequent retrieval
AU - Srull, Thomas K.
AU - Brand, Julianne F.
N1 - Funding Information:
The present research was supported by National Science Foundation Grant BNS 79-24154. The authors would like to thank Myron Rothbart for providing many of the stimulus materials used in the experiments. Appreciation is also extended to Jill Scheppler for her aid in conducting the research and to Bob Wyer for helpful comments on an earlier draft of the manuscript. Requests for reprints should be sent to Thomas K. Srull, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, 603 E. Daniel, Champaign, Illinois 61820.
PY - 1983/4
Y1 - 1983/4
N2 - Three experiments designed to test the hypothesis that list length effects are a function of encoding as well as retrieval processes are reported. Subjects in Experiment 1 were presented with a list of behaviors, each of which had been ostensibly performed by one of two target persons. Subjects attempting to learn the information as well as possible manifested strong between-category and within-category list length effects. However, subjects who expected to interact with one of the targets at a later time manifested only within-category list length effects. Experiment 2 demonstrated that when the list contained two categories (nouns and adjectives), but all of the informatioin pertained to a single target person, both orienting tasks produced both types of list length effects. Experiment 3 demonstrated that the two types of list length effects are also affected by encoding operations when subjects learn unrelated lists of words. The results are discussed in terms of their implications for the recent SAM model.
AB - Three experiments designed to test the hypothesis that list length effects are a function of encoding as well as retrieval processes are reported. Subjects in Experiment 1 were presented with a list of behaviors, each of which had been ostensibly performed by one of two target persons. Subjects attempting to learn the information as well as possible manifested strong between-category and within-category list length effects. However, subjects who expected to interact with one of the targets at a later time manifested only within-category list length effects. Experiment 2 demonstrated that when the list contained two categories (nouns and adjectives), but all of the informatioin pertained to a single target person, both orienting tasks produced both types of list length effects. Experiment 3 demonstrated that the two types of list length effects are also affected by encoding operations when subjects learn unrelated lists of words. The results are discussed in terms of their implications for the recent SAM model.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0022-5371(83)90167-6
DO - 10.1016/S0022-5371(83)90167-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:48749145342
SN - 0022-5371
VL - 22
SP - 219
EP - 230
JO - Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior
JF - Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior
IS - 2
ER -