Abstract
The present research investigates episodic memory for individual events and learning of frequency and contingency relations across series of events in the processing of group-related information. Experiment 1 used the paradigm of illusory correlations in group stereotype formation. Experiment 2 used a more complex, trivariate stimulus design with a confounding factor. Initial instructions were manipulated to induce either a memorization strategy or on-line impression formation during encoding. In both experiments, impression formation during encoding elicited better episodic memory and more accurate extraction of frequency relations and contingencies than memorization. In particular, multinomial source monitoring analyses revealed enhanced source memory for the social context of behaviors after impression formation as compared with memorization. These findings support the notion of strengthened cognitive binding of episodic information in the case of impression formation during encoding.
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