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Private Self-Consciousness, Articulation of the Self-Schema, and Recognition Memory of Trait Adjectives

Private Self-Consciousness, Articulation of the Self-Schema, and Recognition Memory of Trait... The study tested recognition memory of trait adjectives that subjects had rated previously according to self-descriptiveness. Prior to the test of recognition memory, the Self-Consciousness Scale was administered to classify subjects as being either high or low in private self-consciousness (the disposition to introspect). Only among subjects high in private self-consciousness did the commission of “false alarms” (responding old to distractors, or new adjectives that the target list did not actually contain) increase from the least to most self-descriptive traits. Moreover, subjects high in private self-consciousness committed more false alarms to the most self-descriptive traits than subjects low in private self-consciousness but fewer to non-self-descriptive traits. Results were interpreted as supporting the hypothesis that persons high in private self-consciousness have articulated the self-schema more extensively than persons low in private self-consciousness. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Personality and Social Psychology American Psychological Association

Private Self-Consciousness, Articulation of the Self-Schema, and Recognition Memory of Trait Adjectives

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Publisher
American Psychological Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1985 American Psychological Association
ISSN
0022-3514
eISSN
1939-1315
DOI
10.1037/0022-3514.49.3.704
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Abstract

The study tested recognition memory of trait adjectives that subjects had rated previously according to self-descriptiveness. Prior to the test of recognition memory, the Self-Consciousness Scale was administered to classify subjects as being either high or low in private self-consciousness (the disposition to introspect). Only among subjects high in private self-consciousness did the commission of “false alarms” (responding old to distractors, or new adjectives that the target list did not actually contain) increase from the least to most self-descriptive traits. Moreover, subjects high in private self-consciousness committed more false alarms to the most self-descriptive traits than subjects low in private self-consciousness but fewer to non-self-descriptive traits. Results were interpreted as supporting the hypothesis that persons high in private self-consciousness have articulated the self-schema more extensively than persons low in private self-consciousness.

Journal

Journal of Personality and Social PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association

Published: Sep 1, 1985

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