Tip of the Tongue States Increase Under Evaluative Observation
Tip of the Tongue States Increase Under Evaluative Observation
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DOI:
10.1007/s10936-017-9524-9
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发表时间:
2018-02-01
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2
通讯作者:
Buchanan, Tony W.
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作者:
James, Lori E.;Schmank, Christopher J.;Buchanan, Tony W.
We tested the frequent assumption that the difficulty of word retrieval increases when a speaker is being observed and evaluated. We modified the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) so that participants believed that its evaluative observation components continued throughout the duration of a subsequent word retrieval task, and measured participants' reported tip of the tongue (TOT) states. Participants in this TSST condition experienced more TOTs than participants in a comparable, placebo TSST condition in which there was no suggestion of evaluative observation. This experiment provides initial evidence confirming the assumption that evaluative observation by a third party can be disruptive to word retrieval. We interpret our findings by proposing an extension to a well-supported theoretical model of TOTs.