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Personality traits that distinguish you and me are better memorized
Author(s) -
Leyens JacquesPhilippe,
Yzerbyt Vincent Y.,
Rogier Anouk
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
european journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1099-0992
pISSN - 0046-2772
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0992(199709/10)27:5<511::aid-ejsp827>3.0.co;2-7
Subject(s) - psychology , trait , recall , big five personality traits , test (biology) , task (project management) , social psychology , personality , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , computer science , paleontology , management , economics , biology , programming language
Female participants described themselves via desirable and undesirable traits that they possessed or lacked. For each trait, they then received feedback informing them whether they were similar to, or different from a female target. After a distracting task, participants received a recognition test and completed a recall test of the traits. The traits that allowed the participant to be differentiated from the target (because they were applicable to one but not the other) were best recognized and recalled. Undesirable traits were better recognized than desirable ones. However, the picture of the target emanating from the recall data presents her in a very desirable way. The results are discussed within a pragmatic framework. ©1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.