Oostrum, Danielle van (2025) How well do you judge your own memory? The effects of fantasy proneness and retrieving childhood memories on metamemory judgments. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
This study looked into the effects of retrieving few versus many childhood memories on metamemory judgments, and the effect of fantasy proneness on this relation. Participants were randomly assigned to a condition and had to recall either four or twelve childhood memories. Then, they had to complete some questionnaires on their metamemory judgments and fantasy proneness. Results showed that there were no statistically significant differences between the two conditions with regard to how difficult they rated the retrieval task. However, a significant difference was found when another item was used to measure experienced task difficulty. There were also no significant differences between the two conditions on memory accessibility judgments, memory completeness judgments, repression beliefs, and childhood pleasantness judgments. Fantasy proneness did not affect these relationships either, as the regression analyses only showed non-significant effects when fantasy proneness was added to the models. These results are not in line with results from previous studies about this topic, and thus, it is necessary that more research is conducted on this topic to gain more insights into if and how experienced task difficulty and fantasy proneness affect metamemory judgments.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Wessel, J.P. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Clinical Forensic Psychology and Victimology (FP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jul 2025 07:29 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Jul 2025 07:29 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/5424 |
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