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Do memory‐impaired individuals report stable attitudes?
Author(s) -
Haddock Geoffrey,
Newson Margaret,
Haworth Judy
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
british journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 2044-8309
pISSN - 0144-6665
DOI - 10.1348/014466610x512752
Subject(s) - psychology , impaired memory , dementia , memory impairment , task (project management) , developmental psychology , disease , clinical psychology , audiology , cognition , psychiatry , medicine , management , economics , pathology
This research explored whether individuals diagnosed with probable Alzheimer's disease report stable attitudes. Two groups of participants (16 memory‐impaired individuals with dementia and 16 matched controls without memory impairment) were presented with photos of various common objects and asked to indicate their attitude towards each object. Participants completed this task on two occasions, separated by 1 week. The results of the experiment revealed that memory‐impaired individuals showed significant stability across time in their attitudes, although their level of attitude stability was less pronounced than that demonstrated by the matched controls. Theoretical and applied implications of the results are discussed.