Gelding, Scott (2020) Positioning of Phonological Item Interactions in Cued Memory Recall. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
It is widely accepted that long term memory (LTM) is unreliable, prone to errors and easily influenced, however research has shown that short term memory (STM) functions in the same way and is susceptible to manipulation of events that occurred only one- or two-seconds prior. This study investigated manipulation of recall in STM, through the placement of phonological codes to prime target or foil items. Using a two-block serial recall task, item interactions have been demonstrated when phonological filler items are massed in the first block, however this study addressed the gap in knowledge by distributing the phonemes across two blocks. Priming effects have shown that recall can be influenced when the foil is primed, however this study tested if the same effects occur when the target is primed. Using a convenience sample of 42 participants, half of the participants were tested with the phonological filler items massed in the first block only and half when the phonemes were distributed across the two blocks. All participants were tested under the conditions of priming the target, priming the foil and no priming. Contrary to expectations, results indicated that distribution the phonological filler items across the two blocks had less of an influence on recall than when they are massed in the first block. It was also demonstrated that priming the target has similar effects of recall manipulation to priming the foil. The implication of these results provides further evidence of STM as malleable and functionally the same as LTM.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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| Item Status: | Live Archive |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Psychology and Counselling (1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2021) |
| Supervisors: | Gerry Tehan |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Science (Honours) |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jul 2025 23:37 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Jul 2025 23:37 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | STM; phonological codes; recall; priming; item interaction; filler items |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52340 |
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