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Predicting memory completeness and accuracy: emotion and exposure in repeated autobiographical recall
Author(s) -
Bluck Susan,
Li Karen Z.H.
Publication year - 2000
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 - 10.1002/1099-0720(200103/04)15:2<145::aid-acp693>3.0.co;2-t
Subject(s) - recall , autobiographical memory , psychology , free recall , reconstructive memory , cognitive psychology , completeness (order theory) , recall test , narrative , developmental psychology , episodic memory , cognition , explicit memory , psychiatry , mathematical analysis , mathematics , linguistics , philosophy
Using a repeated testing procedure modified for an autobiographical event, individuals provided narrative accounts of their memory for the announcement of the verdict in a widely publicized murder trial. The goal of the study was to determine whether different factors would predict initial versus final recall performance. Ratings of negative emotional reaction during the event predicted initial amount recalled, and frequency of exposure to the event predicted final amount recalled. Judged completeness of recall and phenomenological ratings of the vividness of the memory were also related to final amount recalled. The measured variables were unrelated to recall accuracy. Examining memory over repeated recall attempts offers a fruitful way to examine processes in autobiographical memory. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.