The Influence of Opinions on Remembering Revisited

A study was performed to test the notion that a change in experimental design (around 1956) might account for subsequent conflicting results concerning the "opinion-learning relationship. Prior to 1956 a number of studies appeared to demonstrate a relationship between opinions and active remembering. Typically, subjects' memory for long thematic prose passages was tested after a delay. In contrast, results of research after 1956, in which subjects were required to recall immediately a small set of terse statements, indicated little support for an "opinion-learning" relationship. As predicted, the results of the study reported here indicated an influence of opinions in remembering but not learning of opinion related material. After a delay, mock jurors' recognition of material presented on a videotaped rape trial was consistent with their pre-trial opinions. Results relating to five more specific questions about the exact nature of the influence of opinions in remembering are also examined.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Sheppard, Blair Hesson

• Psychology, Social

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8026597

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/66577