A Litmus Test for the Pattern-Suppression Model

Bobbitt, Thomas

A Litmus Test for the Pattern-Suppression Model

dc.contributor.advisor	Kimball, Daniel
dc.contributor.author	Bobbitt, Thomas
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Gronlund, Scott
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Cox-Fuenzalida, Luz-Eugenia
dc.date.accessioned	2016-08-17T16:35:25Z
dc.date.available	2016-08-17T16:35:25Z
dc.date.issued	2016
dc.date.manuscript	2016-08-17
dc.description.abstract	The current set of experiments were designed to test the pattern-suppression model, which is a component of the suppression theory of forgetting. Experiment 1 tested the pattern-facilitation hypothesis, a hypothesis derived from the model and which states that the processing of an item will result in increased accessibility of other items from memory that share semantic features with the item. There was no support for this hypothesis. Experiments 2-3 examined the nature of second-order inhibition, which is the finding that the direct suppression of an item will result in indirect suppression of other items that share semantic features with the item in question. According to the pattern-suppression model, items affected by second-order inhibition are only suppressed with respect to the shared semantic features. However, Experiments 2-3 found no evidence for this assumption. In fact, there appeared to be, if anything, facilitation of these features. The results are elaborated upon with respect to the inhibition literature.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11244/44902
dc.language	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Forgetting	en_US
dc.subject	Memory	en_US
dc.subject	Semantics	en_US
dc.thesis.degree	Master of Science	en_US
dc.title	A Litmus Test for the Pattern-Suppression Model	en_US
ou.group	College of Arts and Sciences::Department of Psychology	en_US