Williams, Melita (2020) Item Interactions in Short-term Recall. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
Phonological similarity has been found to impact recall, although the effect has been shown to dissipate rapidly. Foil priming has been previously shown to weaken target recall, demonstrating an item interaction effect. However, it is unclear whether priming the target will enhance recall. Further, the transience of the item interaction effects has not been tested. To investigate target priming, this study utilised rhyme to manipulate filler items across three conditions: target prime, foil prime and no prime (control). A cued recall task was used to explore the transience of the item interaction effects with participants allocated to either an immediate or delayed recall condition. The study recruited a convenience sample (N = 48) and employed a 3 x 2 mixed design. ANOVA testing revealed the item manipulation of filler words in the target prime condition improved target recall, thus demonstrating facilitative item interaction effects. Further, these effects were maintained in the 1-second delayed recall condition. This was consistent with prior research indicating that phonological codes begin to dissipate rapidly after a 2-second of distractor activity. The inclusion of a control group allows more confident interpretation of these results. It is concluded that process models provide a better understanding of memory than limited capacity models. Explanation of the current results and recommendations for future research are provided.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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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 Psychology (Honours) |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Sep 2025 05:59 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Sep 2025 05:59 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Phonemic codes; phonological information; STM; cued recall; transience; proactive interference; priming; item interactions; |
| 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/52888 |
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