Response Strategies in Source Monitoring
Abstract
This article examines the role that response strategies play in a memory paradigm known as source monitoring. It is argued that several different response biases can interact to confound the interpretation of source-monitoring data. This problem is illustrated with 2 empirical examples, taken from the psychological literature, which examine the role of source monitoring in the generation effect and the picture superiority effect. To resolve this problem, a new multinomial model for source monitoring is presented that is capable of separately measuring memory factors from response-bias factors. The model, when applied to the results of 2 new experiments, results in a clearer picture of which source-monitoring variables are instrumental in the generation effect and picture superiority effect.
Publication Title
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
Recommended Citation
Riefer, D., Hu, X., & Batchelder, W. (1994). Response Strategies in Source Monitoring. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 20 (3), 680-693. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.20.3.680
