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