Relations between Subjective Evaluations of Memory and Objective Memory Performance
| Autor: | Iris W. Schmidt, Betto G. Deelman, Ina J. Berg |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, Faculteit Medische Wetenschappen/UMCG |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Self-assessment Aging Population QUESTIONNAIRE 050109 social psychology Experimental and Cognitive Psychology ADULTHOOD Neuropsychological Tests 050105 experimental psychology Developmental psychology AGE TASK-PERFORMANCE Metamemory CONTROL BELIEFS COMPLAINTS Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences education Episodic memory Aged Aged 80 and over Self-efficacy education.field_of_study Forgetting Working memory 05 social sciences Retention Psychology Middle Aged Self Efficacy Sensory Systems Mood Mental Recall Female Psychology SELF-ASSESSMENT METAMEMORY Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Perceptual and Motor Skills, 93(3), 761-776. SAGE Publications Inc. |
| ISSN: | 0031-5125 |
| DOI: | 10.2466/pms.2001.93.3.761 |
| Popis: | Several explanations for the weak relations between subjective memory judgments and objective memory performance were investigated in two groups of normal older adults. Group 1 sampled a general population (mean age 61.6 yr., range 46–89), while Group 2 sampled subjects who were on a waiting list for memory training (mean age 63.0 yr., range 45–85 years). In both groups, subjective memory judgments were assessed with global ratings of memory capacity and with ratings of frequency of forgetting in specific memory situations. Memory performance was assessed with several well-known tests and with recently developed tests for domain-specific aspects of memory. Most tests concerned episodic memory. Study 1 also included measures of semantic, incidental, and working memory. Study 2 further examined the influence of the domain-specificity of objective and subjective measures for remembering names, intentions, and texts. Relations between memory self-reports and performance were weak in both groups and for all kinds of tests. Against expectations, the low correlations could not be explained by differences between ecological and laboratory tests or incidentally and intentionally remembered information, or by differences between specific failures compared to global, stereotyped judgments. Surprisingly, correlations did not increase when subjective and objective measures assessed the same ability, like remembering names. Also noncognitive variables (mood and lifestyle) did not influence the relations. The (weak) relations between subjective and objective memory measures were comparable for subjects over and under 65 years of age. Furthermore, relations were comparable for the general population sample and the memory compliant group. |
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