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Retrieval-induced forgetting of performed and observed bizarre and familiar actions
To investigate whether people show retrieval-induced forgetting (RIF) for bizarre and familiar actions that they performed or observed, three experiments were conducted. In Experiment 1, participants performed bizarre and familiar actions with different objects during learning (e.g., pencil: balance the pencil across the cup, sharpen the pencil). They repeatedly performed a set of the bizarre or familiar actions during retrieval practice. After a distracter task, participants’ cued recall was tested. Participants showed RIF for both bizarre and familiar actions. In Experiment 2, half of the participants performed the bizarre and familiar actions themselves; the other half observed the experimenter performing the actions. Replicating the results of Experiment 1, participants who performed the actions showed RIF for bizarre and familiar actions. In contrast, participants who observed the actions did not show RIF for either action type. Experiment 3 examined whether this lack of RIF for observed actions occurred due to a lack of active recall during retrieval practice; it did. Overall, the three experiments demonstrated RIF for both bizarre and familiar performed and observed actions. A distinctiveness account of the results is provided.
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Experimental psychologyVolume
58Issue
5Pagination
361 - 369Publisher
Hogrefe Publishing Corp.Location
Cambridge, Mass.ISSN
1618-3169eISSN
2190-5142Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2011, Hogrefe PublishingUsage metrics
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