Concept information
Preferred term
relative distinctiveness principle
Definition
- Principle stipulating that "memory performance will depend on how much the to-be-remembered event differs from other alternatives that must be distinguished at the time of retrieval." (Hockley, 2010, p. 275).
Broader concept
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• Hockley, W. (2010). Memory: Lawless but principled? Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology = Revue Canadienne de Psychologie Expérimentale, 64(4), 273–281. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021773
[Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
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• Surprenant, A. M., & Neath, I. (2009). Principles of memory. Psychology Press.
[Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
Creator
- Frank Arnould
In other languages
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-ZMXB5XVB-J
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