Category names as cues for the recall of category instances

Abstract

Two experiments were conducted to extend the Tulving and Pearlstone (1966) finding that providing Ss with category names facilitates their recall of category instances. Experiment 1 demonstrated that this facilitation does not depend on the presence of the category names during the learning trial. Experiment 2 showed that the effectiveness of the category name as a cue for recall depends on the strength of the pre-established connection between the category name and the instance of the category to be recalled.