Psychology: Techniques and Application ›› 2016, Vol. 4 ›› Issue (11): 656-662.doi: 10.16842/j.cnki.issn2095-5588.2016.11.003

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The Impact of Emotion on ContextDependent Memory of English Words

ZHANG Chao; YAN Jie   

  1. (School of Teachers Education, Experimental Teaching Center of Psychology and Cognitive Behavior, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen 041004, China)
  • Online:2016-11-01 Published:2016-11-01

Abstract: The present study intended to explore how different emotion states affect the contextdependence effect when students were learning English words. The study included two experiments with 80 participants totally from Shanxi Normal University. The first experiment applied withinsubjects design to study whether thecontextdependent effect exists when learning English words. The independent variable was context, which included two levels of same context and different context. The results showed that contextdependence effect existed in English words learning. English words retrieval was easier when the contexts consistent. The second experiment applied 2 (context: same vs. different)×2(emotion: positive vs. negative) mixed experimental design to study the impact of emotion on contextdependent memory of English words. The results showed that there was asignificant difference of the impact of emotion on contextdependence memory. The contextdependence effect of positive emotional participants was more obvious than negative emotional participants. Affectasinformation hypothesis was confirmed in this study. Overall information was focused on when individuals were in positive state, while details were paid more attention by individuals who were in negative emotion state.

Key words: contextdependence memory; emotion; English words learning

CLC Number: 

  • B842.6
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