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Unit 5 – Cognitive Psychology
Topic 5.4
What is the difference between Recall and Recognition in measures of retention?
There are no significant differences between recall and recognition; both represent the same process of memory retrieval.
Recall is bringing information from stored memories into conscious awareness, while Recognition is when you notice something you learned previously.
Recall requires noticing something you learned previously, while Recognition is bringing information from stored memories into conscious awareness.
Both involve identifying previously learned information but use different cognitive processes.
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