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The List-Strength Effect And Categorical Frequency Memory: Tests Of Availability, Joanne Bonanno
The List-Strength Effect And Categorical Frequency Memory: Tests Of Availability, Joanne Bonanno
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
The availability view of memory mantains that the retrieval of categorical frequency information is a function of recall of category exemplars. The List-Strength Effect (LSE), which is evidenced when increasing the strength of competing items in a list reduces memory for the other items, has been found to be a characteristic of recall, but not recognition, performance. The present study was designed to (a) further examine the relationship between cued recall and frequency judgments of category exemplars by testing for the presence of a LSE in categorical frequency estimation; and (b) to examine the role that estimation strategies may play …
Development And Validation Of A Tool To Measure Temporal Orientation, Yolanda Martins
Development And Validation Of A Tool To Measure Temporal Orientation, Yolanda Martins
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Individuals are thought to differ in the extent to which their day-to-day thoughts, feelings, and fantasies focus on the past or future (i.e., temporal orientation). This thesis describes the continued development of a multidimensional measure of temporal orientation that includes the following four subscales: (1) negative future orientation, (2) positive future orientation, (3) negative past orientation, and (4) positive past orientation. Two studies were conducted. In study one, 921 introductory psychology students completed the thirty-item Temporal Orientation Scale (TOS). Based on analyses of the 30-item initial version of the scale, a refined 21-item version of the TOS was developed. In …