Zee, Emma, de (2022) The Role of Memory Self-Efficacy in Metamemory Beleifs. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Repression occurs when "a traumatic experience is blocked out of consciousness automatically and unconsciously" (Sauerland & Otgaar, 2021, p. 1). Earlier studies (e.g. Winkielman et al., 1998) have proposed that retrieval difficulty and metamemory judgments, including repression beliefs, are associated. An online study was conducted to validate these findings. Participants (first-year psychology students at the University of Groningen; n = 111) were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: they were either asked to recall 4 or 12 negative childhood memories. Participants instructed to recall 12 negative childhood memories were expected to (a) report a larger decline in their childhood memory accessibility, (b) show an increase in agreement with repression statements, and (c) report a greater reduction in childhood pleasantness compared to participants who were asked to retrieve 4 memories. Additionally, more agreement with the unspecified compared to the specified repression statements in general was hypothesized. No significant results were found for these hypotheses. This study further assessed memory self-efficacy (MSE) - "a self-judgment about one's ability to perform a given memory task" - in relation to memory performance and other metamemory beliefs (Berry, 1999, p. 70). The hypotheses were: (a) MSE and accessibility are positively associated, (b) MSE and retrieval difficulty are negatively associated, (c) MSE is negatively related to specified (repression components are described in the task) and unspecified (the term 'repression' is named in the task, but not explained) repression beliefs. The results did not conclusively support the hypotheses.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Wessel, J.P. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Other [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Feb 2022 14:52 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Feb 2022 14:52 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/239 |
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