Research has shown that minimally counterintuitive concepts (MCI) are more memorable than concepts that are simply bizarre. However, this disparity may exist only in studies using cross-cultural samples. To test the impact of bizarreness on culturally homogeneous populations, we read a fictional narrative to 33 college-age students at a Midwestern university. This narrative featured 18 sets of target items – six which were intuitive, six which were counterintuitive, and six which were bizarre. After hearing the story, experimenters administered a written recall task. As hypothesized, students did not differ in their recall of counterintuitive or bizarre target items. Therefore, we propose a minimally distinctive model of memorability, encompassing both counterintuitiveness and bizarreness. This model may help us better understand the memorability of expectation violations, especially those within religious stories.

研究表明，最低限度的违反直觉的概念（MCI）比那些简单的概念更让人难忘。但是，这种差异可能仅存在于使用跨文化样本的研究中。为了测试奇异性对文化上均一的人群的影响，我们阅读了中西部大学33位大学生的虚构故事。该叙述包含18套目标项目-六套直观，六套违反直觉，六套怪异。听到故事后，实验人员执行了书面的召回任务。如假设的那样，学生在回忆违反直觉或离奇的目标项目方面没有不同。因此，我们提出了一个具有记忆力的最小的独特模型，其中包括了反直觉性和怪异性。这个模型可以帮助我们更好地了解预期违规的记忆力，