In:
Experimental Psychology, Hogrefe Publishing Group, Vol. 65, No. 4 ( 2018-07), p. 236-244
Abstract:
Abstract. Protecting one’s positive self-image from damage is a fundamental need of human beings. Forgetting is an effective strategy in this respect. Individuals show inferior recall of negative feedback about themselves but unimpaired recognition of self-related negative feedback. This discrepancy may imply that individuals retain negative information but forget that the information is associated with the self. In two experiments, participants judged whether two-character trait adjectives (positive or negative) described themselves or others. Subsequently, they completed old-new judgments (Experiment 2) and attribution tasks (Experiments 1 and 2). Neither old-new recognition nor source guessing bias was influenced by word valence. Participants’ source memory was worse in the negative self-referenced word processing condition than in the other conditions. These results suggest there is a self-serving bias in memory for the connection between valence information and the self.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1618-3169
,
2190-5142
DOI:
10.1027/1618-3169/a000409
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hogrefe Publishing Group
Publication Date:
2018
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1237835-5
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2073857-2
SSG:
2,1
SSG:
5,2
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