Skip to main content

Cognitive psychology of human memory (thesaurus)

Search from vocabulary

Concept information

information entity > theoretical entity > theory > association-monitoring theory

Preferred term

association-monitoring theory  

Definition

  • A theory of spontaneous false memories, such as those observed in the DRM paradigm. The theory postulates the existence of two interacting processes: an activation process (studied items activate associated but unstudied items in memory) and a source-monitoring process of memories.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • activation-monitoring account
  • activation/monitoring framework
  • AMF

Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Roediger III, H.L., H., Balota, D., & Watson, J. (2001). Spreading activation and arousal of false memories. In H. L. Roediger III, J. S. Nairne, & I. Neath (Eds.), The nature of remembering: Essays in honor of Robert G. Crowder (pp. 95–115). American Psychological Association Press. https://doi.org/10.1037/10394-006

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

In other languages

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-SC6QFXMK-S

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 9/7/21, last modified 11/15/23