Abstract
This study was to examine two major theories of false memories; implicit activation and source monitoring approach, and fuzzy trace theory, with self-choice effect in the DRM paradigm. The self-choice effect is the superior memory performance observed when participants are allowed to choose the item at the study phase. Twenty-two participants studies four DRM lists in two conditions, forced condition and self-choice condition. And participants were asked to take a recognition test. As a result, about list words and CLs associated from list words, self-choice effect was observed. From the result that self-choice effect were observed about list items and CLs, implicit activation and source monitoring approach was supported.
