Jacoby's process dissociation framework

Jacoby's process dissociation framework

1. tries to account for differences in implicit/explicit tasks by distinguishing between automatic and conscious processing (e.g. context vs familiarity based)

   • Divided vs focused attention task
     • Jacoby 1993
       • words/ words and number lists
         • divided leaves automatic processing unaffected but reduces conscious recollection
           • probability of reporting presented word
             • conscious recollection + automatic if recollection fails
             • automatic if recollection fails
             • inclusion and exclusion tests
           • results confirm hypothesis

2. criticisms: independence of automatic and recollective processes

   • Joordens and Merikle 1993
     • automatic needed for retrieval but recollective only needed for acquiring more info about retrieved items
       • so not independence but redundancy of recollective processes for retrieval