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Abstract:
Four experiments examine the effects of retrieval ease on
feelings of knowing (FOKs) for items. Ease of retrieval is
manipulated using a methodology that incorporates an established
recall task (the Ranschburg) into an established method for testing
FOKs - recall, judging and recognition (RJR). In Experiments 1 and
2, FOKs exhibit the classic, smoothly bowed serial position effect.
The presence of the serial position curve for FOKs provides a new
source of evidence that the underlying cognitive factors that
influence memory are significant factors in metamemory. In
Experiments 3 and 4 FOKs are affected by memory manipulations,
which affect recall processes, but not by manipulations which
affect recognition. We suggest that the effect of retrieval ease on
FOKs is specific to memory processes that affect recall, such as
output interference; processes that affect recognition, such as
target familiarity, do not affect FOKs.
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