Age-Related Equivalence and Deficit in Knowledge Updating of Cue Effectiveness
Document Type
Article - Merrimack Access Only
Publication Title
Psychology and Aging
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Publication Date
12-2002
Abstract/ Summary
Knowledge updating involves learning about cue effectiveness based on task experience. Prior research has yielded inconsistent conclusions regarding age and knowledge updating. To resolve this inconsistency, the authors analyzed the effects of aging within a single paradigm. Participants studied cue-target associates during 2 study-test trials. Cues included rhyme cues and highly effective category cues. On each study-test trial, different items were presented, and participants predicted recall performance, received a cued recall test, and postdicted performance. Knowledge updating was operationalized as an improvement in the accuracy of predictive judgments across trials. An age deficit was evident in improvements in absolute accuracy, whereas age equivalence was evident in relative accuracy. Evidence suggested that deficient inferential processes contributed to the age deficit in knowledge updating.
Repository Citation
Matvey, G.,
Dunlosky, J.,
Shaw, R. J.,
Parks, C.,
&
Hertzog, C.
(2002). Age-Related Equivalence and Deficit in Knowledge Updating of Cue Effectiveness. Psychology and Aging, 17(4), 589-597.
Available at: https://scholarworks.merrimack.edu/psy_facpub/2