A bias in favor of the positive response to high-frequency words in recognition memory
A bias in favor of the positive response to high-frequency words in recognition memory
复制标题
偏向于对识别记忆中的高频词做出积极反应
DOI:
10.3758/bf03197156
复制
发表时间:
1991
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Y. Hoshino
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Y. Hoshino
A relatively liberal response bias for high-frequency words and a violation of the mirror effect for hit and false-alarm rates were found in a yes-no recognition-memory test. Subjects more frequently responded “old” to high-frequency words than to low-frequency words. Four experiments were conducted to determine the causes of the different response biases and of the violation of the mirror effect. The word-frequency effect on hit rates did not appear, whereas the falser alarm rate for low-frequency words was lower than that for high-frequency words. When low- or high-frequency words were presented separately in distinct halves of a recognition-memory test, the relatively liberal response bias for high-frequency words was diminished. A model for recognition judgment is proposed that assumes the use of a common criterion for low- and high-frequency words.