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Memorizing Semantic, Structural and Self-Referential Information:A Comparative Account of Indian Adolescents and Adults
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Self-referent information helps in processing of the material more accurately. The information referred to self is known to enhance the memory. This effect on memory is known as self-reference effect. In the present study, we examined the self-reference effect of memory in adolescence and adults through conducting an experiment. The experiment was a replication of Rogers, Kuiper, and Kirker's (1977) experiment on self-referent encoding. The sampling method used was purposive sampling which comprised of ninety participants (45 adolescence & 45 adults) out of which 45 were males and 45 females. The age range of the participants was 15-18 years for adolescence and 30-40 years for adults. The results indicated that the recall for self-referenced information was higher in contrast to semantic and structural processing.
Keywords
Self-Reference Effect, Memory, Encoding.
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