Are Older Adults More Social Than Younger Adults? Social Importance Increases Older Adults' Prospective Memory Performance

被引:42
作者
Altgassen, Mareike [1 ]
Kliegel, Matthias [1 ]
Brandimonte, Maria [2 ]
Filippello, Pina [3 ]
机构
[1] Tech Univ Dresden, Dept Psychol, D-01062 Dresden, Germany
[2] Univ Suor Orsola Benincasa, Naples, Italy
[3] Univ Messina, Messina, Italy
关键词
Prospective memory; Old age; Social importance; Age-prospective memory paradox; Self-initiated processing; AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCES; TIME; INTENTION; PATTERNS; GOALS;
D O I
10.1080/13825580903281308
中图分类号
B844 [发展心理学(人类心理学)];
学科分类号
040202 ;
摘要
The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of social importance on prospective remembering in younger and older adults as a possible factor contributing to the age-prospective memory paradox. Using a between-subjects design, 40 younger and 40 older adults worked on a time-based prospective memory task in which social importance was varied. Overall, younger adults outperformed older adults in the prospective memory task. Importantly, in contrast to younger adults, older adults' prospective memory performance was significantly better in the social importance condition than in the standard condition. This interaction was not reflected in participants' time-monitoring behaviour. Findings are discussed in the context of recent prospective memory theories.
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页码:312 / 328
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