Personality characteristics associated with susceptibility to false memories
Personality characteristics associated with susceptibility to false memories
Date
2006
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Frost, Peter
Sparrow, Sarah
Barry, Jennifer
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The American Journal of Psychology
Abstract
This study examined whether certain personality characteristics are associated with susceptibility to false memories. Participants first answered questions from the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator in order to measure various personality characteristics.
They then watched a video excerpt, the simulated eyewitness event. They were next encouraged to lie about the videotaped event during an interview. A week later, some participants recognized confabulated events as being from the video. Two personality characteristics in particular—the introversion-extroversion and thinking—feeling dimensions—were associated with susceptibility to false memories.
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