Rethinking inhibition theory: explaining forgetting without inhibition

Authors	E. Jakab
Supervisors	J.G.W. Raaijmakers
Award date	22-06-2010
ISBN	9789090254210
Number of pages	211
Organisations	Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Psychology Research Institute (PsyRes)
Abstract	The aim of the present thesis is to investigate whether the inhibition theory provides a better explanation for the retrieval-induced forgetting effect than the strength-based models. We examine the three main properties of the inhibition theory and conclude that inhibition is not necessary to explain retrieval-induced forgetting and hence forgetting can still be explained without recourse to the concept of inhibition.
Document type	PhD thesis
Language	English
Downloads	Thesis Cover Title pages Table of contents 1: Introduction 2: The role of item strength in retrieval-induced forgetting 3: Is retrieval-induced forgetting an inhibitory process? 4: The modulating effect of target item strength in retrieval-induced forgetting 5: Retrieval-induced forgetting without competition: testing the retrieval-specificity assumption of the inhibition theory 6: Summary and discussion References Samenvatting in het Nederlands Magyar nyelvű összefoglalás Dankwoord
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