Judgments of associative memory (JAM) were indexed by ratings given to pairs of cue and response words. The normed probabilities, p(response|cue), were obtained from free association norms. The ratings were linearly related to the probabilities. The JAM functions were characterized by high intercepts ( approximately 50 on a 100 point scale) and shallow slopes (<0.5). The JAM function generalized across materials and method of rating. The function was not affected by expectancies or semantic similarity. Attempts to alter the function by making alternative responses more available were unsuccessful. A computer simulation model (MINERVA 2) exhibited the linear JAM function and successfully accounted for more complex phenomena (like the joint influence of forward and backward associative strengths on ratings). The shallow JAM slope appears to result from a fundamental lack of discrimination among associative strengths. The high intercept appears to result partly from an independent post-mnemonic source of bias producing over-estimation of association.

中文翻译：

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联想记忆的判断☆

联想记忆 (JAM) 的判断通过对提示词和反应词对的评分来索引。归一概率 p(response|cue) 是从自由关联范数中获得的。评级与概率线性相关。JAM 函数的特点是截距高（在 100 分制中约为 50）和斜率较浅（<0.5）。JAM 函数适用于材料和评级方法。该功能不受期望或语义相似性的影响。通过使替代反应更可用来改变功能的尝试没有成功。计算机模拟模型 (MINERVA 2) 展示了线性 JAM 函数并成功解释了更复杂的现象（如前向和后向联想强度对评级的共同影响）。较浅的 JAM 斜率似乎是由于在关联强度之间缺乏区分的根本原因。高截距似乎部分是由于独立的后助记器偏倚来源导致对关联的高估。