Remember-know instructions (Experiments 2 and 3)

These instructions were read by the experimenter, and are as follows:

Now you will be shown a series of individual words and asked if you recognize the word from the studying phase or if it is a new word. As you make your decision about recog- nizing a word, I would like you to bear in mind the following:

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Often, when remembering a previous event or occur- rence, we consciously recollect and become aware of aspects of the previous experience. At other times, we sim- ply know that something has occurred before, but without being able consciously to recollect anything about its occurrence or what we experienced at the time. For exam- ple, if I see a friend on the bus today and recall having lunch with him earlier, I would say that I remember that person from before. If I see someone on the bus that appears familiar, but I can’t remember having met him, I would say that I only know that person.

On the following task, if you recollect the word con- sciously, please press the button ‘‘r” on your keyboard. If you simply know that the word was in the previous study set, please press one number from ‘‘1” to ‘‘6” to indicate how confident you are that you saw or did not see that word before. So, for each word you see, please press ‘‘r” if you recollect its occurrence, or a number between ‘‘1” and ‘‘6” if you simply know that it was shown before.”