A Critical Comparison of Discrete-State and Continuous Models of Recognition Memory: Implications for Recognition and Beyond.
Multinomial processing tree (MPT) models such as the single high-threshold, double high-threshold, and low-threshold models are discrete-state decision models that map internal cognitive events onto overt responses. The apparent benefit of these models is that they provide independent measures of ac...
| Published in: | Psychological Bulletin Vol. 139; no. 6; pp. 1173 - 1204 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=91677820&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 91677820 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00332909 PSB jtl: Psychological Bulletin issn: 00332909 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Nov2013 vid: 139 iid: 6 pid: 34 pub: American Psychological Association artinfo: ui: 91677820 10.1037/a0033044 ppf: 1173 ppct: 31 formats: tig: atl: A Critical Comparison of Discrete-State and Continuous Models of Recognition Memory: Implications for Recognition and Beyond. aug: au: Pazzaglia, Angela M. Dube, Chad Rotello, Caren M. affil: University of Massachusetts, Amherst Brandeis University su: Recognition (Psychology) Memory Sensory perception Social perception Cognitive testing Reasoning sug: subj: Recognition (Psychology) Memory Sensory perception Social perception Cognitive testing Reasoning keyword: memory models multinomial processing tree models recognition memory signal detection memory models multinomial processing tree models recognition memory signal detection ab: Multinomial processing tree (MPT) models such as the single high-threshold, double high-threshold, and low-threshold models are discrete-state decision models that map internal cognitive events onto overt responses. The apparent benefit of these models is that they provide independent measures of accuracy and response bias, a claim that has motivated their frequent application in many areas of psychological science including perception, item and source memory, social cognition, reasoning, educational testing, eyewitness testimony, and psychopathology. Before appropriate conclusions about a given analysis can be drawn, however, one must first confirm that the model's assumptions about the underlying structure of the data are valid. The current review outlines the assumptions of several popular MPT models and assesses their validity using multiple sources of evidence, including receiver operating characteristics, direct model fits, and experimental tests of qualitative predictions. We argue that the majority of the evidence is inconsistent with these models and that, instead, the evidence supports continuous models such as those based on signal detection theory (SDT). Hybrid models that incorporate both SDT and MPT processes are also explored, and we conclude that these models retain the limitations associated with their threshold model predecessors. The potentially severe consequences associated with using an invalid model to interpret data are discussed, and a simple tutorial and model-fitting tool is provided to allow implementation of the empirically supported SDT model. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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