Memory Conjunction Errors Of Chinese Compound Words

In the introduction part, the theories and experimental researches into memory conjunction errors were first reviewed. Then, in the conclusion section, the research illustrated the purpose of this research. In the experimental part, two experiments were carried out to examine the influences of different independents on memory conjunction errors in the memory conjunction errors paradigm. In experiment 1, through the manipulation of presentation, feature and conjunction errors of Chinese compound words were studied, and the changes of hit rate and false alarm rate of feature and conjunction errors in the different presentation. The result suggests that memory conjunction errors of Chinese words were obtained, but the feature errors were not found. Conjunction error rate for simultaneously presented words was significantly higher than sequential group's. The hit rate for old words did not differ between the two groups. Feature-conjunction theory can be used to explain the dissociation between hit rate and false alarm rate. In experiment 2, two variables of study repetition and response deadline were manipulated to investigate the effect of conjunction errors and the mechanism of memory conjunction effect. The results suggest that study repetition increased the likelihood of correctly recognizing old words, and the response deadline decrease the probability of correctly recognizing old words. For conjunction lures, there was an interaction between the study repetition and the response deadline; the repetition effect was significant for the short response deadline but not for the long deadline group. According to dual-processes theory, memory conjunction errors occurred because of familiarity without recollection. The results implied that we can combine the feature-configuration and dual-processes theory to explain the memory conjunction errors effect.