Age differences in correction of context-induced biases: Source monitoring and timing of accountability

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作者
Chen, YW [1 ]
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[1] Bowling Green State Univ, Dept Psychol, Bowling Green, OH 43403 USA
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10.1076/anec.11.1.58.29359
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B844 [发展心理学(人类心理学)];
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040202 ;
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The present study tested strategies to help older adults correct their context-induced biases. Two hundred and seventy-two young and older adults participated in this study. Participants read vignettes about two target persons, with true statements printed in black and false statements (either positive or negative trait information) printed in red. Participants in the no-strategy condition were asked to rate the target persons on the relevant trait scales immediately after reading the vignettes. Participants in the feedback condition took a traditional source memory test and received feedback of correct sources of true and false statements. For the participants in the next two conditions, accountability was induced either before or after they encoded information about the target persons. It was found that the feedback manipulation helped older adults correct their context-induced biases. In addition, accountability induced before encoding helped older adults reduce their context-induced biases, whereas accountability induced after encoding did not help.
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