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Adaptive memory: Stereotype activation is not enough

Studies have shown that survival processing leads to superior memorability. The aim of the present study was to examine whether this survival recall advantage might result from stereotype activation. To test this hypothesis, we conducted a pilot study and two experiments in which participants were p...

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Autores principales: Otgaar, Henry, Smeets, Tom, Merckelbach, Harald, Jelicic, Marko, Verschuere, Bruno, Galliot, Anne-Marie, van Riel, Laura
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3144375/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21445705
http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13421-011-0091-2
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author Otgaar, Henry
Smeets, Tom
Merckelbach, Harald
Jelicic, Marko
Verschuere, Bruno
Galliot, Anne-Marie
van Riel, Laura
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description Studies have shown that survival processing leads to superior memorability. The aim of the present study was to examine whether this survival recall advantage might result from stereotype activation. To test this hypothesis, we conducted a pilot study and two experiments in which participants were primed with stereotypes (Experiment 1, professor and elderly person; Experiment 2, survival-stereotype). In Experiment 1, 120 undergraduates were randomly assigned to a survival, professor stereotype, elderly person stereotype, or moving scenario and rated words for their relevance to the imagined scenario. In Experiment 2, 75 undergraduates were given a survival, survival-stereotype (based on our pilot study), or moving scenario. Both experiments showed that survival processing leads to a greater recall advantage over the stereotype groups and control group. These data indicate that the mere activation of stereotypes cannot explain the survival recall advantage.
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spelling pubmed-31443752011-09-08 Adaptive memory: Stereotype activation is not enough Otgaar, Henry Smeets, Tom Merckelbach, Harald Jelicic, Marko Verschuere, Bruno Galliot, Anne-Marie van Riel, Laura Mem Cognit Article Studies have shown that survival processing leads to superior memorability. The aim of the present study was to examine whether this survival recall advantage might result from stereotype activation. To test this hypothesis, we conducted a pilot study and two experiments in which participants were primed with stereotypes (Experiment 1, professor and elderly person; Experiment 2, survival-stereotype). In Experiment 1, 120 undergraduates were randomly assigned to a survival, professor stereotype, elderly person stereotype, or moving scenario and rated words for their relevance to the imagined scenario. In Experiment 2, 75 undergraduates were given a survival, survival-stereotype (based on our pilot study), or moving scenario. Both experiments showed that survival processing leads to a greater recall advantage over the stereotype groups and control group. These data indicate that the mere activation of stereotypes cannot explain the survival recall advantage. Springer-Verlag 2011-03-29 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3144375/ /pubmed/21445705 http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13421-011-0091-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2011 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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