Comparing Recollection and Nonrecollection Memory States for Recall of General Knowledge: A Nontrivial Pursuit

Autor/inn/en	Pereverseff, Rosemary S.; Bodner, Glen E.
Titel	Comparing Recollection and Nonrecollection Memory States for Recall of General Knowledge: A Nontrivial Pursuit
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 46 (2020) 11, S.2207-2225 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Pereverseff, Rosemary S.) ORCID (Bodner, Glen E.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-7393
DOI	10.1037/xlm0000941
Schlagwörter	Recall (Psychology); Knowledge Level; Familiarity; Memory; Prior Learning; Accuracy; Semantics; Recognition (Psychology); Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Learning Processes; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abberufung; Wissensbasis; Gedächtnis; Vorkenntnisse; Semantik; Recognition; Wiedererkennen; Ausland; Learning process; Lernprozess; Kanada
Abstract	Based on the classic distinction between semantic and episodic memory, people answer general-knowledge questions by querying their semantic memory. And yet, an appeal of trivia games is the variety of memory experiences they arouse--including the recollection of episodic details. We report the first in-depth exploration of the memory states that arise for recalled answers to general-knowledge questions. In 2 experiments, participants classified their answers as "learning memory" or "related memory" forms of recollection, as "feels familiar" or "just know" forms of nonrecollection, or as a "guess." A recollection state was reported for nearly half of the correct answers. Learning memory, related memory, and just know states showed similarly high accuracy and confidence--whereas the feels familiar state was much lower. The differences between familiarity and knowing highlight the importance of distinguishing these oft-conflated states. Our study establishes that episodic memory often contributes to retrieval of general-knowledge, and that the memory states arising during retrieval can be diagnostic of accuracy. (As Provided).
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