Do salient cues and self-relevant tasks and prospective memory performance?

摘要

Two experiments examined whether salient cues and self-relevant tasks could enhance prospective memory performance. Both experiments contained four conditions: (1) survey-hidden, (2) survey-present, (3) credit sheet hidden, and (4) credit sheet present. Each participant performed in only one condition and the data was analyzed using a 2 x 2 Chi-Square between-subjects design. The results of Experiment 1 indicated that the use of salient cues could enhance prospective memory performance, especially when the cue was present. These results did not transfer to Experiment 2. No significant effects were found for the self-relevant factor (i.e., credit sheet) in either experiment, although there were numerical trends in the data. The lack of significant findings is discussed.