| dc.description | This study examined the effects of control processes and continual distraction on semantic and temporal organization of recall. Control processes are memory strategies for memory encoding and retrieval. Participants learned lists that contained items from different taxonomic categories and were given various recall instructions (non-instruction, order-focus, meaning-focus) that manipulated their control processes. Two levels of math task distractors (light vs. heavy) were presented to participants throughout the study phase to disrupt their memory. After learning the list, the participants were asked to recall the items from the list. We discovered that (1) the combination of the list structure that emphasized both semantic and temporal information and the meaning-focus instruction led to the greatest semantic as well as temporal organization, (2) continual distraction levels had little influence on their disruption to recall performance, and (3) there was no significant interaction effect of control processes and continual distraction levels on recall accuracy. This paper was conducted for the course, Honors Thesis (PSY 4999) under the mentorship of Dr. Sean Polyn. | en_US |
