Construction and Evaluation for 15-Word Lists Based on the Deese-Roediger-McDermott Paradigm

Authors

  • Patricia Hong Universidade Federal do ABC
  • Maria Alice de Mattos Pimenta Parente Universidade Federal do ABC
  • Peter Maurice Erna Claessens Universidade Federal do ABC
  • Ruth Ferreira Santos-Galduróz Universidade Federal do ABC / Universidade Estadual Paulista

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0102.3772e3622

Keywords:

False memories, Related words, Deese-Roediger-McDermott paradigm

Abstract

Based on studies conducted in accordance with the Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) paradigm, in which words of a list tend to evoke other related items, used in false memory research, this study produced 15 lists of semantically related words for Brazilian Portuguese. For the preparation of the lists, certain criteria were considered, such as word length and frequency of words in a Brazilian Portuguese corpus. Pre-selection guided by linguistic characteristics aimed to control possible biases among volunteers. Semantic association and concreteness tests were carried out to determine the suitability of the selected items, and a free recall test was performed to evaluate evocation characteristics. We suggest using word lists in researches that evaluate false memories.

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Published

2019-03-17

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Hong, P., Parente, M. A. de M. P., Claessens, P. M. E., & Santos-Galduróz, R. F. (2019). Construction and Evaluation for 15-Word Lists Based on the Deese-Roediger-McDermott Paradigm. Psicologia: Teoria E Pesquisa, 36. https://doi.org/10.1590/0102.3772e3622

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