Date of Award
2013-01-01
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
Advisor(s)
Michael A. Zarate
Abstract
The following study investigated the extent to which time-dependent memory consolidation facilities the generalization of person-specific traits (individuated targets) to other, familiar social group members (familiar targets) Sixty-Nine (N = 69) participants learned to distinguish between two arbitrary groups, one positive and one negative. Participants learned the negative or positive information about a subset of the group members (individuated targets) and no individuating information about the familiar targets. Participants returned either without a time-delay containing sleep (2-6 hours after learning) or a time-delay with sleep (48 hours after learning). Results demonstrated that only after a time-delay containing sleep, negative information was generalized from individuated, specific group members to familiar group members. Results are discussed in the context of models of emotional and false memory and related more broadly to perception.
Language
en
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
Copyright Date
2013
File Size
55 pages
File Format
application/pdf
Rights Holder
Luke R. Enge
Recommended Citation
Enge, Luke R., "Guilty By Association: Time-Dependent Memory Consolidation And The Generalization Of Person-Specific Traits To Other Group Members" (2013). Open Access Theses & Dissertations. 1614.
https://scholarworks.utep.edu/open_etd/1614
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