The Effect of Wanted Posters on Prospective and Retrospective Memory
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Abstract
The experiment tested prospective and retrospective memory for a person pictured on a wanted poster. Participants monitored
the videotaped activity of a computer lab; one of their duties involved reporting if they saw a computer hacker. Half viewed
a wanted poster of the hacker before the monitoring task and half after. For half the participants, the hacker appeared during
monitoring and for half not. A diagnosticity ratio comparing the correct prospective memory identifications with false positive
identifications showed that a prospective identification was 3.35 times more likely to be accurate than inaccurate. For those
viewing the wanted poster after monitoring, the diagnosticity ratio was 1.21. Based on diagnosticity, a prospective identification
had more value than a retrospective identification.
the videotaped activity of a computer lab; one of their duties involved reporting if they saw a computer hacker. Half viewed
a wanted poster of the hacker before the monitoring task and half after. For half the participants, the hacker appeared during
monitoring and for half not. A diagnosticity ratio comparing the correct prospective memory identifications with false positive
identifications showed that a prospective identification was 3.35 times more likely to be accurate than inaccurate. For those
viewing the wanted poster after monitoring, the diagnosticity ratio was 1.21. Based on diagnosticity, a prospective identification
had more value than a retrospective identification.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Original Article
- DOI 10.1007/s10979-010-9224-6
- Authors
- Hunter A. McAllister, Southeastern Louisiana University Department of Psychology SLU 10665, 500 Western Avenue Hammond LA 70402 USA
- Brandon A. Baiamonte, Southeastern Louisiana University Department of Psychology SLU 10665, 500 Western Avenue Hammond LA 70402 USA
- Justin H. Ory, Southeastern Louisiana University Department of Psychology SLU 10665, 500 Western Avenue Hammond LA 70402 USA
- Joseph A. Scherer, Southeastern Louisiana University Department of Psychology SLU 10665, 500 Western Avenue Hammond LA 70402 USA
- Journal Law and Human Behavior
- Online ISSN 1573-661X
- Print ISSN 0147-7307
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