Contributions of metaknowledge to retrieval of natural categories in semantic memory

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 909-916

  Young, Carole J ^a,b  

^a Bethel College   (United States)

^b BETHEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; MEMORY; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; HUMANS; MEMORY; SEMANTICS;

EID: 3042633089     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.30.4.909     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Anderson, J. R. (1989). A rational analysis of human memory. In H. L. Roediger, III, & F. I. M. Craik (Eds.), Varieties of memory and consciousness (pp. 195-210). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
2. Anderson, J. R. (1990). The adaptive character of thought. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
3. Barnes, A. E., Nelson, T. O., Dunlosky, J., Mazzoni, G., & Narens, L. (1999). An integrative system of metamemory components involved in retrieval. In D. Gopher & A. Koriat (Eds.), Attention and performance XVII: Cognitive regulation of performance, integration of theory and application (pp. 287-313). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
4. Battig, W. F., & Montague, W. E. (1969). Category norms for verbal items in 56 categories: A replication and extension of the Connecticut category norms. Journal of Experimental Psychology Monographs, 80 (3, Pt. 2).
5. Benjamin, A. S., & Bjork, R. A. (1996). Retrieval fluency as a metacognitive index. In L. M. Reder (Ed.), Implicit memory and metacognition (pp. 309-338). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
6. Benjamin, A. S., Bjork, R. A., & Schwartz, B. L. (1998). The mismeasure of memory: When retrieval fluency is misleading as a metamnemonic index. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 127, 55-68.
7. Bousfield, W. A., & Sedgewick, C. H. W. (1944). An analysis of restricted associative responses. Journal of General Psychology, 30, 149-165.
8. Gronlund, S. D., & Shiffrin, R. M. (1986). Retrieval strategies in recall of natural categories and categorized lists. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 12, 550-561.
9. Hermann, D. J., & Murray, D. J. (1979). The role of category size in continuous recall from semantic memory. Journal of General Psychology, 101, 205-218.
10. Herrmann, D. J., & Pearle, P. M. (1981). The proper role of clusters in mathematical models of continuous recall. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 24, 139-162.
11. Johnson, D. M., Johnson, R. C., & Mark, A. L. (1951). A mathematical analysis of verbal fluency. Journal of General Psychology, 44, 121-128.
12. Koriat, A., & Levy-Sadot, R. (2001). The combined contributions of the cue-familiarity and accessibility heuristics to feelings of knowing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 27, 34-53.
13. Metcalfe, J. (1998). Cognitive optimism: Self-deception or memory-based processing heuristics? Personality and Social Psychology Review, 2, 100-110.
14. Nelson, T. O., & Narens, L. (1994). Why investigate cognition? In J. Metcalfe & A. P. Shimamura (Eds.), Metacognition: Knowing about knowing (pp. 1-26). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
15. Pollio, H. R., Kasschau, R. A., & DeNise, H. E. (1968). Associative structure and the temporal characteristics of free recall. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 76, 190-197.
16. Raaijmakers, J. G. W., & Shiffrin, R. M. (1981). Search of associative memory. Psychological Review, 88, 93-134.
17. Raaijmakers, J. G. W., & Shiffrin, R. M. (1992). Models for recall and recognition. Annual Review of Psychology, 43, 205-234.
18. Reder, L. M., & Schunn, C. D. (1996). Metacognition does not imply awareness: Strategy choice is governed by implicit learning and memory. In L. M. Reder (Ed.), Implicit memory and metacognition (pp. 45-75). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
19. Rogers, R., & Monsell, S. (1995). The costs of a predictable switch, between simple cognitive tasks. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 124, 207-231.
20. Rohrer, D., Wixted, J. T., Salmon, D. P., & Butters, N. (1995). Retrieval from semantic memory and its implications for Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 21, 1127-1139.
21. Stephens, D. W., & Krebs, J. R. (1986). Foraging theory. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
22. Tversky, A., & Kahneman, D. (1974). Judgment under uncertainty: Heuristics and biases. Science, 211, 453-458.
23. Walker, W. H., & Kintsch, W. (1985). Automatic and strategic aspects of knowledge retrieval. Cognitive Science, 9, 261-283.
24. Wixted, J. T., & Rohrer, D. (1994). Analyzing the dynamics of free recall: An integrative review of the empirical literature. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 1, 89-106.
25. Young, C. J. (1999, June). Metaknowledge of natural categories in semantic memory. Paper presented at the conference of the American Psychological Society, Denver, CO.