Learning from your mistakes: does it matter if you're out in left foot, I mean field?. Issue 9 (21st October 2018)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Learning from your mistakes: does it matter if you're out in left foot, I mean field?. Issue 9 (21st October 2018)
- Main Title:
- Learning from your mistakes: does it matter if you're out in left foot, I mean field?
- Authors:
- Cyr, Andrée-Ann
Anderson, Nicole D. - Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: Studies have shown that generating errors prior to studying information ( pencil –?) can improve target retention relative to passive (i.e., errorless) study, provided that cues and targets are semantically related ( pencil – ink ) and not unrelated ( pencil-frog ). In two experiments, we manipulated semantic proximity of errors to targets during trial-and-error to examine whether it would modulate this error generation benefit. In Experiment 1, participants were shown a cue ( band – ? ) and asked to generate a related word (e.g., drum ). Critically, they were given a target that either matched the semantic meaning of their guess ( guitar ) or mismatched it ( rubber ). In Experiment 2, participants studied Spanish words where the English translation either matched their expectations ( pariente – relative ) or mismatched it ( carpeta – folder ). Both experiments show that errors benefit memory to the extent that they overlap semantically with targets. Results are discussed in terms of the retrieval benefits of activating related concepts during learning.
- Is Part Of:
- Memory. Volume 26:Issue 9(2018)
- Journal:
- Memory
- Issue:
- Volume 26:Issue 9(2018)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 26, Issue 9 (2018)
- Year:
- 2018
- Volume:
- 26
- Issue:
- 9
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2018-0026-0009-0000
- Page Start:
- 1281
- Page End:
- 1290
- Publication Date:
- 2018-10-21
- Subjects:
- Learning -- memory -- retrieval -- generation -- errors
Memory -- Periodicals
153.1205 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/pmem20#.VxirIFL2aic ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/09658211.2018.1464189 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0965-8211
- Deposit Type:
- Legaldeposit
- View Content:
- Available online (eLD content is only available in our Reading Rooms) ↗
- Physical Locations:
- British Library DSC - 5678.000000
British Library DSC - BLDSS-3PM
British Library HMNTS - ELD Digital store - Ingest File:
- 10815.xml