Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants
Oh, I've always believed that: Biased memory for previous beliefs following belief change
Department
Psychology Department
College
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Date Range
2013-2014
Disciplines
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Abstract
When belief change results from comprehension, can previous beliefs be accurately recalled? Subjects reported beliefs about spanking. Later, subjects read a one-sided spanking text that was belief consistent or inconsistent, reported beliefs, and recollected their previous belief. Subjects reading belief inconsistent texts changed beliefs. Recollections of previous beliefs were more consistent with current beliefs than actual previous beliefs. On-line and off-line comprehension measures provided partial predictions of belief change, but not belief memory bias.
Conference Name
Conference of the Society for Text & Discourse
Conference Location
Valencia, Spain
ScholarWorks Citation
Wolfe, Michael, "Oh, I've always believed that: Biased memory for previous beliefs following belief change" (2014). Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants. 693.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/fsdg/693
