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Preferred term

cue-word method  

Definition(s)

  • A method for the study of autobiographical memory developed by Galton (1879) and completed by Crovitz (Crovitz & Schiffman, 1974; Crovitz & Quina-Holland, 1976). The general principle of the method is to present words that serve as cues to retrieve autobiographical memories. Every memory is then dated.

Broader concept(s)

Synonym(s)

  • Crovitz test
  • cuing method
  • Galton-Crovitz method
  • Galton-Crovitz word-cuing technique
  • memory probe method
  • word-cue method
  • word-cue technique

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Crovitz, H. F., & Quina-Holland, K. (1976). Proportion of episodic memories from early childhood by years of age. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 7(1), 61–62. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03337122

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]

  • • Crovitz, H. F., & Schiffman, H. (1974). Frequency of episodic memories as a function of their age. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 4(5), 517–518. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334277

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

  • • Galton, F.R.S. (1879). Psychometric experiments. Brain, 2, 149-162.

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

  • • Nusser, L., Wolf, T., & Zimprich, D. (2024). Emotional and temporal order effects – a comparison between word-cued and important autobiographical memories recall orders. Memory, 32(4), 449–464. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2024.2333507

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-D6LFMB15-2

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