Arousal and Cognition
Race, Arousal, and Reminiscence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18970926 |
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| Authors | Frank H Farley (0000-0002-3593-0238, University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author), Phyllis M Dowling (Milwaukee Public Schools) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 119-130 |
| Publication date | 1979-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Black Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9347 • E-ISSN: 1552-4566 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002193477901000108 |
| OpenAlex | W2090409138 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 29 |
The role of motivational factors in human memory has not received a great deal of experimental study. Adams (1967), in a book-length treatment of human memory, devotes a scant one-half page to the topic. It is often assumed that most persons tested in and memory studies are motivated to learn and that no special motivational influences are at work. Jung (1968) has suggested that Since intentional instructions to learn are such strong motivators, it may not be possible to manipulate widely the level of motivation in verbal learning (p. 27). That instructions to learn have powerful effects cannot be denied. However, it is probably true that much of the that occurs in a person's lifetime is not preceded by specific instructions to learn, and that motivational factors other than imposed intentional exhortations, such as curiosity, affect and so on are involved in and memory. Many formulations in the area of motivation and memory have centered around Freudian-type repression analyses. Such repression formulations have been historically a major impetus in the area, but have led to few replicable relationships. Work here has been plagued with problems of operationalization and clear theoretical prediction. The studies of Glucksberg
Affect (linguistics) · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Curiosity · Epistemology · Freudian slip · Operationalization · Psychoanalysis · Child and Animal Learning Development · Communication · Memory Processes and Influences · Psychological and Educational Research Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
Short-term retention of individual verbal items.
Motivated forgetting and the study of repression
Procedural, situational, and interpersonal variables in individual intelligence testing
Retention of Information in Relation to Arousal during Continuously-Presented Material
Race and examiner as significant influences on basal skin impedance
Induced Arousal and Time of Recall as Determinants of Paired-associate Recall
Effect upon negro digit-symbol performance of anticipated comparison with whites and with other negroes
Racial "experimenter effects" in experimentation, testing, interviewing, and psychotherapy
The quantitative study of shape and pattern perception
Comparative psychological studies of Negroes and Whites in the United States
The effects of training Negroes upon cooperative problem solving in biracial teams
Effects of anxiety, threat, and racial environment on task performance of Negro college students
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