| Abstract: | In 2 experiments with 407 undergraduates, Ss who studied DOG-BEER and WINE-SWEATER were more likely to recall BEER cued by DOG if they used interactive imagery rather than separate imagery, but the groups showed no difference in recall of BEER cued by WINE. Recall of BEER cued by WINE was enhanced if BEER and alcoholic beverages had been presented before the list was studied, but recall of BEER cued by DOG was unaffected. It is concluded that there are 2 independent types of relation. An episodic relation records the joint occurrence of previously unrelated words; a semantic relation reflects events in one's prior life. The value of a semantic relation is enhanced if the target item is primed in its family; the value of an episodic cue is enhanced by processes that directly encode the occurrence of the 2 items as a unique event in the S's life. (French abstract) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
