Date of Award
7-1-2010
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A. in Psychology
First Advisor
Matthew Reysen
Second Advisor
Carol Gohm
Third Advisor
Nick Prins
School
University of Mississippi
Relational Format
dissertation/thesis
Abstract
A recent study found that participants were more likely to recall words that were processed socially than when processed in other ways (Reysen & Adair, 2008). Using a similar methodology, the goal was to extend those observations. Specifically, two experiments examined the effect of social processing on participants’ ability to both recognize and reconstruct the order of list items. Participants were asked to remember a list of words with help either from a computer or, purportedly, another participant. It was hypothesized participants would be more likely to recognize list items and better at reconstructing the order of list items, if they believed the items originated from a social versus a nonsocial source, although the hypotheses were not supported.
Recommended Citation
Adair, Stephan, "Testing the Social Processing Advantage in Recognition and Reconstruction Tasks" (2010). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2313.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/2313