The effects of intralist cues, extralist cues, and category names on categorized recall

Abstract

Two experiments are reported which attempt to clarify a procedural problem of Hudson & Austin (1970) and provide support for the hypothesis that context words as recall cues serve to mediate category names. The results regarding the procedural problem of Hudson & Austin (1970) indicate that exposure to context words during recall trials does not artifactually increase recall for context groups. The hypothesis that context cues serve to mediate the category name was supported in Experiment II but not in Experiment I. © 1972, The Psychonomic Society, Inc.. All rights reserved.