Personality characteristics associated with susceptibility to false memories.
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.
Frost
Peter
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Department of Psychology, Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester 03106-1045, USA. p.frost@snhu.edu
Sparrow
Sarah
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Jennifer
Barry
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D002755:Choice Behavior; D006801:Humans; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D012094:Repression, Psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires