Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
3-2015
Abstract
Increasing evidence that positive affect enhances associative processing has lent weight to the idea that positive affect increases false memory for information that is thematically interrelated. Using the Deese–Roediger–McDermott paradigm, we examined whether mild positive affect facilitates monitoring processes in modulating false memory for associate words. When participants in the warned condition – in contrast to those in the unwarned condition – were overtly warned about possible false recognition of the critical lure, we found that positive affect, compared to neutral affect, significantly enhanced monitoring through a warning and reduced false recognition. Signal detection analyses suggest that when a warning is provided, positive affect enhances sensitivity to discriminate list items from critical lures, but it does not shift the overall decision criterion. Taken together, we conclude that positive affect facilitates the effect of a warning in reducing false memories for semantic associates.
Keywords
positive affect, false memories, DRM paradigm, monitoring processing
Discipline
Social Psychology
Research Areas
Psychology
Publication
Journal of Positive Psychology
Volume
10
Issue
3
First Page
196
Last Page
206
ISSN
1743-9760
Identifier
10.1080/17439760.2014.950177
Publisher
Taylor and Francis
Citation
YANG, Hwajin, YANG, Sujin, CECI, Stephen J., & ISEN, Alice M..(2015). Positive Affect Facilitates the Effect of a Warning on False Memory in the DRM Paradigm. Journal of Positive Psychology, 10(3), 196-206.
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https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2014.950177