title: Reducing Misanthropic Memory Through Self-Awareness: Reducing Bias.
abstract: Two experiments investigated the influence of self-awareness on misanthropic recall. Misanthropic recall is the tendency to recall more negative behaviors dispositionally attributed and positive behaviors situationally attributed than negative behaviors situationally attributed and positive behaviors dispositionally attributed. It was hypothesized that when one is self-aware, more systematic information processing would occur, thereby reducing misanthropic memory and influencing attitudinal judgments. The first experiment used a mirror and the second experiment used a live video to induce self-awareness. Participants were asked to form an impression of a group. The results of both experiments replicated the previously found pattern of misanthropic memory for non-self-aware participants (Ybarra & Stephan, 1996), and revealed less misanthropic recall bias in self-aware participants.
authors.forename: Mark D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D001290:Attitude; D001364:Awareness; D002605:Character; D059026:Diagnostic Self Evaluation; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D011287:Prejudice / Q000523:psychology*; D012933:Social Identification; D013240:Stereotyping; D055815:Young Adult