False Memories: Evidence for Unintentional Processing of Semantically Related Words using a Stroop Variation Task
| dc.contributor.advisor | Thapar, Anjali | |
| dc.contributor.author | Genao, Ana | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-02-28T20:32:41Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-02-28T20:32:41Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The present study examined false recognition of semantically related non-presented words. We were primarily interested in replicating a study by Dodd and MacLeod (2004) where false memories were produced in groups intentionally processing words (by reading or studying) and unintentionally processing words (performing a variation of the Stroop task). Seventy-five undergraduate students (30 in the unintentional group, 30 in the intentional group and 15 in the control group) completed a primary task followed by a recognition test for actually presented and non-presented words. Results revealed that false alarms to non-presented words were robust and fairly similar across all groups. These findings are consistent with an activation/monitoring theory where semantically related words may evoke similar yet nonpresented words through conscious realization or through unconsciously and automatic activation. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Bryn Mawr College. Department of Psychology | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10066/761 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.rights.access | Bi-College users only | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/ | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | False memory syndrome -- Case studies | |
| dc.title | False Memories: Evidence for Unintentional Processing of Semantically Related Words using a Stroop Variation Task | |
| dc.type | Thesis |