ASSOCIATIVE PROCESSES IN FALSE RECALL AND FALSE RECOGNITION

XbstnctStudying a list of words associated to a critical nonpre-sented word results m high rates of false recall and false recognition for that nonpresented Uem (Roediger & McDermott, 1995) Two experiments examined the effect of manipulating the number of associates presented on false recall and later false recognUion of a nonpresented item In Experiment I, associate lists of varying lengths were studied, in Experiment 2, list length was held con and the number of associates within the list was manipulated In both experiments, the rate of critical intrusions m recall increased steadily wah increasing number of associates studied Most nota-bly, the filler words used in Experiment 2 to equate the list lengths did not affect the rate of critical intrusions, although they did depress recall of studied words False recall and false recogn appear to be tied to the total, not the mean, associative strength of Items m the lis