Negative recall bias and neuroticism: state vs trait effects.
Incidental recall of positive and negative trait adjectives was assessed in high and low N (neuroticism) Ss in whom depressed or neutral mood had been induced. Results indicated that the negative recall bias is an interactive function of trait vulnerability (as reflected by N scores) and current mood state. In the depressed mood condition, there was a trend for high N to be associated with relatively better recall of negative material, as expected. However, in neutral mood, high levels of N predicted relatively poorer recall of negative information. This unexpected finding was discussed in relation to previous research into mood-incongruent recall effects and sex differences.
Bradley
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Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, England.
Mogg
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Galbraith
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Perrett
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D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012660:Semantics; D012718:Set, Psychology; D014706:Verbal Learning