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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.advisor | Levy, Betty Ann | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Muzzin, Linda | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-06-18T16:47:27Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-06-18T16:47:27Z | - |
dc.date.created | 2011-06-08 | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 1972 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | opendissertations/4641 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | 5660 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | 2051655 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/9526 | - |
dc.description.abstract | <p>Two explanations for the low-frequency superiority effect in recognition memory are described and a third, distractor-type hypothesis is developed. The distractor-type hypothesis proposes that Ss have a preference for abstracting semantic features from high-frequency words and acoustic features from low-frequency words. It suggests that low-frequency superiority is a result of semantic interference with high-frequency words combined with a lack of acoustic interference with low-frequency wods. The results of three experiments which support this hypothesis are required. Experiments I and II showed that more acoustic than semantic-type errors are made with low-frequency words and more semantic than acoustic-type errors are made with high-frequency words in the recognition memory paradigm. Experiments III of this series examined the relationship of the distractor type and distractor frequency variables.</p> | en_US |
dc.subject | Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject | Psychology | en_US |
dc.title | The Low Frequency Superiority Effect in Recognition Memory | en_US |
dc.type | thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Psychology | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Master of Arts (MA) | en_US |
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