The Awareness Issue and Memorial Influences upon Accuracy of Verbal Report

A Re-Examination of Some Data

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13670558
AutoresPeter A White (0000-0002-9080-6678, University of Auckland, autor de correspondencia)
Año1985
Volumen57
Número1
Páginas312-314
Fecha de publicación1985-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1985.57.1.312
OpenAlexW2084083091
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas15

Nisbett and Wilson hypothesized that conscious awareness is limited to the products of mental processes. They claimed that this hypothesis is consistent with data obtained by Maier in 1931 showing that reports of usefulness of a hint are not correlated with a measure of the actual usefulness of the hint. Analysis of Maier's data shows a significant negative relationship between report of usefulness and apparent actual usefulness of the hint. This is not explained by lack of awareness hypothesized by Nisbett and Wilson but may be due to retroactive interference. It is concluded that the possibility of memorial influences upon accuracy of verbal report must be ruled out before inferences about conscious awareness can be drawn

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