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Absorption, dissociation, and fantasy‐proneness as predictors of memory distortion in autobiographical and laboratory‐generated memories
Author(s) -
Platt Richard D.,
Lacey Steven C.,
Iobst Adam D.,
Finkelman David
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
applied cognitive psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.719
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1099-0720
pISSN - 0888-4080
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0720(199812)12:7<s77::aid-acp601>3.0.co;2-c
Subject(s) - autobiographical memory , psychology , personality , dissociation (chemistry) , cognitive psychology , false memory , fantasy , developmental psychology , social psychology , recall , artificial intelligence , chemistry , computer science
Individual differences in susceptibility to memory distortion in autobiographical and laboratory‐generated memories were examined. Subjects from an earlier autobiographical memory study completed three personality measures and a list learning task designed to elicit false memories. Scores on the Tellegen Absorption Scale were negatively correlated with accuracy of the autobiographical memory. None of the personality measures predicted the occurrence of false memories in the laboratory task. Distortion of autobiographical memories was positively correlated with the production of false memories in the laboratory task. Copyright © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.