False Memories Of Attitude-Relevant Actions

McIntyre, Rusty B.; Lord, Charles G.; Lewis, Shannon J.; Frye, G. D. Jay

doi:10.1521/soco.21.6.395.28689

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“…Prior research showed that people tend to believe that things had happened to them when memories are vividly recalled or when they appear highly familiar (Buehler & Ross, 1993;Garry et al, 2001;McIntyre et al, 2004). It seems important to know under which circumstances memories confirm existing views of the self, as confirmatory memory search is one mechanism among others that contributes to a stable or persistent self-concept (cf.…”

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“…False memories are perceived as veridical if perceivers can vividly imagine that things had happened to them or if their memories appear familiar (e.g. Garry, Sharman, Wade, Hunt, & Smith, 2001;Mazzoni & Memon, 2003;McIntyre, Lord, Lewis, & Frye, 2004;Oakes & Hyman, 2000). In this sense, Buehler and Ross (1993) demonstrated that memories of verbal statements were more biased by familiarity when the retention interval became longer.…”

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How temporal distance from past selves influences self‐perception

Broemer

Grabowski

Gebauer

et al. 2007

Euro J Social Psych

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The present studies examine how perceived temporal distance from past selves influences perceptions of the current self. Participants recalled their past self either at age 9 or 15. These two past selves differ in levels of identification with gender and thus denote different standards of comparison. Three hypotheses were tested. Temporal distance should determine whether recalled past selves produce assimilation or contrast effects on the current self. Second, temporal comparison effects should be weaker when people recall their past in terms of stable, relatively enduring characteristics (e.g. traits). Third, past selves should to a greater extent be biased by stereotypical knowledge about former lifetime periods the farther away individuals feel from past selves. Past selves coloured by stereotypical knowledge are more extreme and should thus produce stronger judgemental effects on the current self. The results supported the hypotheses. Implications for autobiographical remembering are discussed.

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How temporal distance from past selves influences self‐perception

Broemer

Grabowski

Gebauer

et al. 2007

Euro J Social Psych

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“…The studies that do exist have examined issues with strong prior opinions or high levels of respondent involvement, such as attitudes toward gay men (McIntre et al, 2004) and adverse childhood experiences (Bernstein et al, 2005). What has not yet been demonstrated is whether and why false memory creation has any attitudinal relevance toward commonly purchased consumer goods not likely to generate strong cognitive or affective reactions.…”

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Changing your mind about seeing a brand that you never saw: Implications for brand attitudes

Howard

Kerin

2011

Psychology & Marketing

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Two field experiments examine the attitudinal consequences of consumers changing their minds about previously seeing brands when in fact they have not. In the first study, an increase in false brand awareness, holding brand exposure constant, is found to result in more favorable brand attitudes. In the second study, changes in false brand awareness were found to mediate the development of defensive thoughts in which respondents self-justify changing their minds. Defensive thoughts, in turn, mediate the development of brand attitudes. The results suggest that simple changes in one's subjective probability of previously seeing a brand independent of actual exposure can have significant attitudinal consequences for that brand. This is due to the generation of self-justifying cognitions. Individual change scores are further found to have greater theoretical and empirical utility than static measures.

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“…Previous research has shown that individuals who imagine taking previously denied positive actions toward members of a stigmatized group sometimes report having actually taken those actions (frye & Lord, 2009;McIntyre, Lord, Lewis, & frye, 2004). In addition, the greater the number of previously denied actions they "remember," the more they subsequently report more positive attitudes toward the group.…”

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“…Researchers have tested the possibility that source monitoring errors in memory can affect attitudes (Frye & Lord, 2009;McIntyre, Lord, Lewis, & Frye, 2004). In one study, students were asked to write hypothetical scenarios in which they acted in either positive or negative ways toward several gay men (McIntyre et al, 2004, Experiment 1).…”

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