In human memory, good can be stronger than bad
In human memory, good can be stronger than bad
Some researchers assert that the psychological impact of negative information is more powerful than that of positive information. This assertion is qualified in the domain of human memory, in which (a) positive content is often favored (in the strength of memories for real stimuli or events and in false-memory generation) over negative content and (b) the affect prompted by memories of positive events is more temporally persistent than the affect prompted by memories of negative events. We suggest that both of these phenomena reflect the actions of self-motives (i.e., self-protection and self-enhancement), which instigate self-regulatory activity and self-relevant processes.
memory, self, self-enhancement, self-motives, self-protection
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Sedikides, Constantine
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Skowronski, John J.
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1 February 2020
Sedikides, Constantine
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Skowronski, John J.
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Sedikides, Constantine and Skowronski, John J.
(2020)
In human memory, good can be stronger than bad.
Current Directions in Psychological Science, 29 (1), .
(doi:10.1177/0963721419896363).
Abstract
Some researchers assert that the psychological impact of negative information is more powerful than that of positive information. This assertion is qualified in the domain of human memory, in which (a) positive content is often favored (in the strength of memories for real stimuli or events and in false-memory generation) over negative content and (b) the affect prompted by memories of positive events is more temporally persistent than the affect prompted by memories of negative events. We suggest that both of these phenomena reflect the actions of self-motives (i.e., self-protection and self-enhancement), which instigate self-regulatory activity and self-relevant processes.
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Accepted/In Press date: 28 September 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 14 January 2020
Published date: 1 February 2020
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memory, self, self-enhancement, self-motives, self-protection
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