Gender Differences Associated With Memory Recall

Author

Lee Morgan Gunn, University of Mississippi. Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College

Date of Award

2014

Document Type

Undergraduate Thesis

Department

Psychology

First Advisor

Matthew Reysen

Relational Format

Dissertation/Thesis

Abstract

This study investigated whether a gender difference existed in the context of romantic relationships. Participants rated positively valanced words and negatively valanced words, that were related to a romantic relationship, on how relevant they were to realistic romantic relationships. Participants were then given a free recall task to recall any words that they rated earlier. The study found that a gender difference did exist in the context of negatively valanced words. Women were more successful in recall of negatively valanced words than men. These findings indicate that women encode emotional information differently than men encode emotional information and recall that information more easily than male participants.

Recommended Citation

Gunn, Lee Morgan, "Gender Differences Associated With Memory Recall" (2014). Honors Theses. 578.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/578

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