Social identity and socially shared retrieval-induced forgetting: The effects of group membership

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 717-722

  Coman, Alin ^a   Hirst, William ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective memory; Epistemic motivation; Relational motivation; Shared reality; Socially shared retrieval induced forgetting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938198514     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xge0000077     Document Type: Article

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