Thiele, Pia (2022) What is the Effect of Recalling Four Compared to Twelve Negative Childhood Memories on Metamemory Beliefs? Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
In previous research, participants that experienced recall difficulty were paradoxically more likely to assume to have poor memory. The effect of recalling negative childhood memories on metamemory judgments was investigated. Participants asked to recall 12 negative childhood memories were compared to those asked to recall four. We hypothesized that all participants score higher on unspecified- than specified repression beliefs regardless of condition. Furthermore, we expected participants in the 12-memory condition to report a larger: decline in accessibility, increase in repression beliefs, and reduction in childhood pleasantness. Additionally, we explored if beliefs on how accessible one memory is might be influenced by alexithymia, which is related to difficulties describing- and experiencing feelings and an externally oriented thinking style. I hypothesized that the higher the participant's alexithymia score, the less accessible the participant would judge their childhood memory. Our experimental study in form of an online questionnaire had a 2x2 mixed design. It was administered to a sample of 112 university students. We found a statistically significant difference between unspecified and specified repression beliefs. All other results were not in line with our expectations: Participants scored higher on specified- than on unspecified repression beliefs. The difference in change scores of accessibility and completeness were not statistically significant. Additionally, there was no significant increase in both specified- and unspecified repression beliefs and no significantly larger reduction in childhood pleasantness. There was a significant, weak correlation between alexithymia and accessibility. Keywords: recall, repression, metamemory, alexithymia
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Wessel, J.P. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Other [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Mar 2022 12:36 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2022 12:36 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/259 |
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