The word-frequency paradox in recognition

摘要: High-frequency words are recalled better than low-frequency words, but produce higher hit rates in a recognition test do high-frequency words. Two experiments provided new date on the phenomenon and also evidence relevant to dual process model of recognition, which postulates that judgments function increments item familiarity retrievability. First, recall by subjects who initially performed single lexical decision task were compared with those gave definitions high-, low-, very target In second experiment, either semantic, elaborative or an integrative focused attention physical, perceptual features same Both showed extensive processing results lower false alarm rates, whereas word frequency has monotonic, linear effect paradoxical, curvilinear rates. Elaboration is apparently more effective when potential availability meaningful connections other structures greater (as for words). The consistent model.