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The Role of Summary and Specific Behavioral Memories in Trait Judgments about the Self

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Klein, Stanley B., Loftus, Judith, Sherman, Jeffrey W.·1993·Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
DOI 10.1177/0146167293193007
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In a recent series of studies, Klein and Loftus and their colleagues have shown that trait judgments about the self are uninfluenced by the prior retrieval of trait-relevant behavioral memories. In this article, two types of behavioral memories are distinguished-specific and summary. A study is reported that, in contrast to the authors' earlier studies examining the effect of specific behavioral memories, shows that retrieval of summary behavioral memories does affect subsequent judgments of a trait's self-descriptiveness. The implications of the distinction between spears and summary behavioral memories for models of trait self-knowledge are discussed.

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Authors
Klein, S. B., Loftus, J., & Sherman, J. W.
Affiliations
University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
ORCID
Sherman, Jeffrey W.
Venue
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
1993-06
Volume
19
Issue
3
Pages
305-311
ISSN
  • 0146-1672 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-7433
DOI
10.1177/0146167293193007
OpenAlex
W2097403769
Cited by
42
References
48
Citations by year
2023: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 1 · 2012: 1
FWCI
2.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (publishedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
Keywords
trait judgments, self-knowledge, behavioral memory, specific memory, memory retrieval

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