The role of intention on frequency memory.
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Title
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The role of intention on frequency memory.
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Identifier
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AAI9924811
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identifier
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9924811
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Creator
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Gong-Artis, Jeanette Linda.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Don L. Scarborough
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Date
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1999
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Cognitive
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Abstract
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One debate in cognitive psychology concerns whether frequency memory is affected by intention, that is, whether or not a person intentionally pays attention to the occurrences of stimulus items and their frequencies. Hasher & Zacks (1984), Howell (1973) and others believe that frequency judgments are not significantly different between incidental and intentional groups. In contrast, Greene (1986, 1989), Naveh-Benjamin & Jonides (1986), and Brown (1995, 1997) believe that frequency judgments are better for intentional than for incidental groups. The goal of the new research described here was to examine further the role of intention on frequency processing. These experiments differ from earlier experiments in two ways: (1) the same subject is in both the incidental and intentional conditions and (2) signal detection analysis is utilized to study the effect of intention on frequency memory in a two alternative forced choice frequency judgment task by using a within subject design. By using signal detection analysis, the characteristics of frequency memory under incidental and intentional conditions can be explored. The different models of frequency memory such as the Strength theory and Multiple Trace theory are also reviewed and contrasted. Results show that intention improves frequency processing. It appears that subjects who intentionally process words are more likely to engage in different encoding strategies and therefore, are able to better retrieve from memory the frequencies of these words than those processed incidentally. In addition, the results from the signal detection analysis supports a uni-dimensional representation of frequency memory.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
