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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).

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • 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]

  • • Surprenant, A. M., & Neath, I. (2009). Principles of memory. Psychology Press.

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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