An item/order tradeoff explanation of word length and generation effects
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Article Title | An item/order tradeoff explanation of word length and generation effects |
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ERA Journal ID | 6514 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Hendry, Liam (Author) and Tehan, Gerald (Author) |
Journal Title | Memory |
Journal Citation | 13 (3/4), pp. 364-371 |
Number of Pages | 8 |
Year | 2005 |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0965-8211 |
1464-0686 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/09658210344000341 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09658210344000341 |
Abstract | The item-order hypothesis suggests that under certain conditions increased item processing can lead to deficits in order processing, and that this produces a dissociation in performance between item and order tasks. The generation effect is one such example. The word length effect is seen as another instance where this tradeoff might be observed. The following experiments compare word length and generation effects under serial recall and single item recognition conditions. Short words are better recalled than long words on the serial recall task but long words were better recognised than short words. The results are consistent with the item-order approach and support a novel explanation for the word length effect. |
Keywords | word length, generation effect, item-order, serial recall, recognition |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 520102. Educational psychology |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Department of Psychology |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9xw90/an-item-order-tradeoff-explanation-of-word-length-and-generation-effects
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