AN EXAMINATION OF TRACE STORAGE IN FREE RECALL

ATTEMPTED TO DETERMINE IF TRACES OF STORED ITEMS ARE ORGANIZED IN RELATION TO EACH OTHER, OR WHETHER THEY ARE STORED INDEPENDENTLY IN FREE RECALL. SS WERE 46 COLLEGE STUDENTS. THE PROCEDURE PROVIDED 1 GROUP WITH SOME OF THE LIST ITEMS AT RECALL, AND COMPARING ITS RECALL OF THE REMAINDER WITH THAT OF A GROUP WHICH HAD NO ITEMS PROVIDED. RESULTS INDICATED THAT TRACE STORAGE IN THESE TASKS WAS INDEPENDENT. A DUAL COMPONENT MEMORY HYPOTHESIS WAS DISCUSSED IN WHICH PERCEPTION OF THE GENERAL LIST STRUCTURE FORMS THE BASIS FOR A RETRIEVAL PLAN WHICH OPERATES UPON THE INDEPENDENTLY STORED TRACES. (28 REF.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1968 American Psychological Association.