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Ad hoc categories and false memories: Memory illusions for categories created on-the-spot

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dc.contributor.authorSoro, Jerônimo C.
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Mário B.
dc.contributor.authorSemin, Gün R.
dc.contributor.authorMata, André
dc.contributor.authorCarneiro, Paula
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-06T18:56:48Z
dc.date.available2018-07-06T18:56:48Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThree experiments were designed to test whether experimentally created ad hoc associative networks evoke false memories. We used the DRM (Deese, Roediger, McDermott) paradigm with lists of ad hoc categories composed of exemplars aggregated toward specific goals (e.g., going for a picnic) that do not share any consistent set of features. Experiment 1 revealed considerable levels of false recognitions of critical words from ad hoc categories. False recognitions occurred even when the lists were presented without an organizing theme (i.e., the category's label). Experiments 1 and 2 tested whether (a) the ease of identifying the categories' themes, and (b) the lists' backward associative strength could be driving the effect. List identifiability did not correlate with false recognition, and the effect remained even when backward associative strength was controlled for. Experiment 3 manipulated the distractor items in the recognition task to address the hypothesis that the salience of unrelated items could be facilitating the occurrence of the phenomenon. The effect remained when controlling for this source of facilitation. These results have implications for assumptions made by theories of false memories, namely the preexistence of associations in the activation-monitoring framework and the central role of gist extraction in fuzzy-trace theory, while providing evidence of the occurrence of false memories for more dynamic and context-dependent knowledge structures. (PsycINFO Database Recordpt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipSFRH/BD/81238/2011pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Experimental Psychology, 43(11), 1779-1792pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1037/xlm0000401pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn00963445
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/6488
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherAmerican Psychological Associationpt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectAnalysis of variancept_PT
dc.subjectConcept formationpt_PT
dc.subjectFemalept_PT
dc.subjectHumanspt_PT
dc.subjectMalept_PT
dc.subjectModels psychologicalpt_PT
dc.subjectPsychological testspt_PT
dc.subjectYoung adultpt_PT
dc.subjectAssociationpt_PT
dc.subjectIllusionspt_PT
dc.subjectMemorypt_PT
dc.titleAd hoc categories and false memories: Memory illusions for categories created on-the-spotpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceUnited Statespt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage1792pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue11pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage1779pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Experimental Psychology: Generalpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume43pt_PT
rcaap.rightsrestrictedAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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