The Influence of Integration and Counterintuitiveness on Memory for Text

摘要: The Influence of Integration and Counterintuitiveness on Memory for Text M. Afzal Upal & Effects Research Group Adversarial Intent Section Defence Development Canada Toronto Mary Harmon-Vukic Psychology Department Providence College Abstract: Recent studies suggest that counterintuitive ideas embedded in stories facilitate their subsequent recall, thus increasing the likelihood such survive time space. However, it could be structure coun- terintuitive affects memory rather than distinctiveness contents. Indeed, Slone (2009) demonstrated integration story information eliminated counterintuitiveness effect. purpose present experiment was to further explore influence concepts. Participants were presented with a containing elements either intuitive, minimally counterintuitive, or maximally counterintuitive. In addition, integrated not integrated. asked recall material immediately, one week later. Consistent results performance best stories, regardless level intuitiveness. same effect occurred later, although overall lower.