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dc.contributor.advisorO'Connor, Akira Robert
dc.contributor.authorLucaciu, Irina-Maria
dc.coverage.spatial[9], 86 p.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-02T14:51:51Z
dc.date.available2018-11-02T14:51:51Z
dc.date.issued2018-12-06
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/16385
dc.description.abstractPeople asked to recall the memory of an event during testimony are encouraged to prioritize both quantity and quality – "the whole truth and nothing but the truth". Extensive research has shown that people can provide detailed, confident accounts that nevertheless prove to be inaccurate (Loftus, 1996). However, the question remains of how pressuring people to give confident and elaborate accounts of their memories subsequently changes these accounts. We conducted an experiment in which 51 participants provided accounts of autobiographical events and film plots (control condition), and later re-told these accounts under the instruction to retrieve more information. We measured the effects of task demands on the quantity (number of words and number of facts) and quality (confidence ratings) of information retrieved, as well as on the affective and cognitive language used during each account. Task demands at re-telling led to participants providing a greater amount of information, with their likelihood of doing so and their confidence in these newly communicated memory details linked to rumination tendencies and mood. These findings give insights into the cognitive processing of autobiographical memories, and provide a better understanding of the factors affecting eyewitness testimony.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of St Andrews
dc.subjectConfidenceen_US
dc.subjectMemoryen_US
dc.subjectAutobiographical memoryen_US
dc.subjectEyewitness testimonyen_US
dc.subjectEmotional memoryen_US
dc.subjectPersonalityen_US
dc.subjectMemory accuracyen_US
dc.subject.lccBF378.E65L8
dc.subject.lcshEpisodic memoryen
dc.subject.lcshConfidenceen
dc.titleProvide all the details that you can remember : assessing the quantity and quality of autobiographical retrievalen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.contributor.sponsorRobert T. Jones Foundationen
dc.type.qualificationlevelMastersen_US
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhil Master of Philosophyen_US
dc.publisher.institutionThe University of St Andrewsen_US


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