EFFECTIVENESS OF RETRIEVAL CUES IN MEMORY FOR WORDS

278 HIGH SCHOOL SS LEARNED 24 TO-BE-REMEMBERED (TBR) WORDS. THE TBR WORDS WERE EXPOSED FOR STUDY ON A SINGLE INPUT TRIAL, IN THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF CUE WORDS-WEAK ASSOCIATES OF THE TBR WORDS. RECALL OF TBR WORDS WAS TESTED IN PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF THESE CUE WORDS. FINDINGS INDICATE: (1) CUE WORDS (RETRIEVAL CUES) FACILITATED RECALL OF TBR WORDS WHEN THEY WERE PRESENT BOTH AT INPUT AND OUTPUT, (2) RETRIEVAL CUES DID NOT ENHANCE RECALL OF TBR WORDS WHEN THEY WERE PRESENT ONLY AT OUTPUT, AND (3) 2 RETRIEVAL CUES PRESENTED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH EACH TBR WORD WERE NO MORE EFFECTIVE IN FACILITATING RECALL THAN SINGLE CUES. THE MAIN CONCLUSION WAS THAT SPECIFIC RETRIEVAL CUES FACILITATE RECALL ONLY IF THE INFORMATION ABOUT THEM AND ABOUT THEIR RELATION TO THE TBR WORDS IS STORED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE TBR WORDS IN A GIVEN LIST. (15 REF.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1968 American Psychological Association.