Long-term Memory Retrieval
Long-term Memory Retrieval
- Recall vs. Recognition
- Recall: retrieval without seeing the item
- Recognition: identify an object as being in memory
- Recognition is the ultimate cued recall since item is given as the cue
- Recognition
- Recognition is generally tested by presenting previously learned items with unlearned items (either in general list or as a forced-choice pair)
- Recognition of items is generally superior to recall
- Recognition of a penny vs. recall of features of a penny
- This is not true if you learned material expecting recall
- Suggests you should match your study strategy to the format of the test