Examining the Role of Initial Testing on False Memories in the Social Contagion Paradigm

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark J. Huff ◽  
Sara D. Davis ◽  
Michelle L. Meade
Keyword(s):  
False Memories ◽  
Social Contagion ◽  
Initial Testing ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals The effects of initial testing on false recall and false recognition in the social contagion of memory paradigm

2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 820-831 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark J. Huff ◽  
Sara D. Davis ◽  
Michelle L. Meade
Keyword(s):  
False Recognition ◽  
False Recall ◽  
Social Contagion ◽  
Initial Testing ◽  
The Social

Discounting input from older adults: the role of age salience on partner age effects in the social contagion of memory

Memory ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 704-716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle L. Meade ◽  
Jaimie C. McNabb ◽  
Meghan I. H. Lindeman ◽  
Jessi L. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Age Effects ◽  
Social Contagion ◽  
The Social

The Role of Peers and Siblings in Adolescent Sexual Decisions

2019 ◽  
Vol 100 (4) ◽  
pp. 433-441
Author(s):  
Jennifer L. Friedman ◽  
Cheryl L. Somers ◽  
Lauren Mangus
Keyword(s):  
Sibling Relationships ◽  
Social Contagion ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Mediation Analyses ◽  
The Social ◽  
Peer Approval ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior

The purpose of this study was to examine the contributions of peer and sibling relationships to adolescent sexual attitudes and behavior. Data were collected from a sample of 492 participants, ages 14 to 18 years, from a large suburban high school in the Midwest. The results revealed that more than half of the female participants were initiated into nonvirginity by experienced males, which provides some support for the social contagion theory. Perceived peer approval was the strongest predictor, with siblings also contributing. Some mediation analyses were significant as well. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.

The social contagion of student engagement in school

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 454-474
Author(s):  
Norman B Mendoza ◽  
Ronnel B King
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Strong Predictor ◽  
Multilevel Modelling ◽  
Social Contagion ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Social ◽  
Relevant Covariates

Student engagement is a strong predictor of academic achievement and overall school success. Much of the research on engagement has focused on the role of personal psychological antecedents and social factors related to one’s teachers. Relatively fewer studies have focused on the influence of one’s classmates. Drawing on prior work on social contagion, this study aimed to examine whether classmates’ engagement influences one’s engagement. Questionnaires were administered to 848 secondary school students nested within 30 classes. Two waves of data were collected seven months apart. Multilevel modelling showed that a student’s Time 2 engagement was positively predicted by his/her classmates’ engagement at Time 1, providing evidence for the social contagion of engagement. These findings held even after controlling for autoregressor effects and other relevant covariates such as demographic factors and achievement goals. Our results suggest that students’ engagement in school is contagious and could be transmitted among classmates.

scholarly journals Contagion of Violence: The Role of Narratives, Worldviews, Mechanisms of Transmission and Contagion Entrepreneurs

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miranda Forsyth ◽  
Philip Gibbs
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Online Social Networks ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Social Contagion ◽  
Public Displays ◽  
The Social ◽  
Emotional Landscape

This paper develops the theory of the social contagion of violence by proposing a four-part analytical framework that focuses on: (1) contagious narratives and the accompanying behavioural script about the use of violence as a response to those narratives; (2) population susceptibility to these narratives, in particular the role of worldviews and the underlying emotional landscape; (3) mechanisms of transmission, including physical and online social networks, public displays of violence and participation in violence; and (4) the role of contagion entrepreneurs. It argues that a similar four-part approach can be used to identify and imagine possibilities of counter-contagion. The application of the theory is illustrated through examination of the recent epidemic of violence against individuals accused of practising sorcery in the Enga province of Papua New Guinea, a place where such violence is a very new phenomenon.

scholarly journals Aging Does Not Enhance Social Contagion Effect

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susana Carnero-Sierra ◽  
Julio Menor
Keyword(s):  
Age Differences ◽  
Recall Test ◽  
False Memories ◽  
Word List ◽  
Social Contagion ◽  
Contagion Effect ◽  
Younger Adults ◽  
The Social ◽  
Physical Presence ◽  
Presentation Time

Studies on the social contagion of memory show that it is possible to create false memories from the wrong responses from other people without requiring their physical presence. The current study examined age differences between false memories via the modified social contagion paradigm. Twenty older and twenty younger adults were shown six household scenes and were exposed to the erroneous memory reports of an implied confederate who was not physically present. The presentation time of the scenes and the typicality of the contagion items were manipulated. The participants watched each scene individually and then took turns giving their recall responses with the responses belonging to a fictional participant provided by written cards. The results in a final individual recall test indicated a significant contagion effect in both groups of participants. Additionally, an effect of the typicality of the contagion items was observed, such that the more typical items produced more contagion than the less typical items. In relation to true recall, the older adults remembered significantly fewer items from the scenes than the younger ones and obtained a lower score in the word list subtest of the Weschler Memory Scale. Although the older group had an episodic memory deficit, they were not more susceptible to being affected by the wrong responses of other people than younger group.

Ageing stereotypes influence the transmission of false memories in the social contagion paradigm

Memory ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 368-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katya T. Numbers ◽  
Amanda J. Barnier ◽  
Celia B. Harris ◽  
Michelle L. Meade
Keyword(s):  
False Memories ◽  
Social Contagion ◽  
The Social

Social Representations and Commitment

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Bonetto ◽  
Fabien Girandola ◽  
Grégory Lo Monaco
Keyword(s):  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Second Line ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
First Line ◽  
Research Perspectives ◽  
The Social ◽  
Bibliographic Search ◽  
English Articles

Abstract. This contribution consists of a critical review of the literature about the articulation of two traditionally separated theoretical fields: social representations and commitment. Besides consulting various works and communications, a bibliographic search was carried out (between February and December, 2016) on various databases using the keywords “commitment” and “social representation,” in the singular and in the plural, in French and in English. Articles published in English or in French, that explicitly made reference to both terms, were included. The relations between commitment and social representations are approached according to two approaches or complementary lines. The first line follows the role of commitment in the representational dynamics: how can commitment transform the representations? This articulation gathers most of the work on the topic. The second line envisages the social representations as determinants of commitment procedures: how can these representations influence the effects of commitment procedures? This literature review will identify unexploited tracks, as well as research perspectives for both areas of research.

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