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The effect of the study type and the level of associative strength in recognition memory for the young and the old

  • THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • 2015, 28(4), pp.243-260
  • Publisher : The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
  • Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science

이민지 1 JIN YOUNG-SUN 2

1경북대학교 심리학과
2경북대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of the study was to examine how age affects associative memory performance for different types of learning and associative strengthening. In study 1, after the participants of young and old group studied a list of paired-associates in one of three study types (simple, repeat, and repeat-test), the recognition test was given for a total of 48 paired-associates immediately after the study. The results showed that young participants’ recognition memory was highest in the repeat-test condition, whereas the old counterparts performed best in the repeat condition. And in study 2, accuracy and false alarm rates were analyzed for recognition memory performance between the two age groups for paired items of varied associative strengthening levels. It was shown that item-strengthening increases false alarm rates, while associative-strengthening facilitates correct recognition in both age groups. The limitations and further implications of these findings were discussed.

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