Research article summary (published 30 Jul 2003):

Forgetting congruent and incongruent stereotypical information.

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In 2 studies, the authors investigated the directed-forgetting effects of stereotypically congruent, incongruent, and irrelevant information, after the in-group (Swedish) and out-group (immigrant) social categories had been subliminally primed. Because of recent theories of the role of attention and level of processing in the cognitive development of stereotypes, we hypothesized that directed-forgetting effects would be found for stereotype-congruent and irrelevant information but not for stereotype-incongruent information. The results supported our hypothesis, suggesting that the level of processing demanded by the type of information (regardless of whether congruent, incongruent, or irrelevant) may moderate directed-forgetting effects. The authors discussed the social implications of the results.

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Author information

Author/s: Araya, Tadesse (T); Akrami, Nazar (N); Ekehammar, Bo (B);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Sweden. Tadesse.Araya(-atsign-)psyk.uu.se

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: The Journal of social psychology (J Soc Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2003-Aug; vol 143 (issue 4) : pp 433-49

Dates: Created 2003/08/25; Completed 2003/09/09; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12934834, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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Adolescent Adult Attention Cognition Female

Humans Male Memory Stereotyping Subliminal Stimulation

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