The Moderating Role of Education on the Relationship Between Perceived Stereotype Threat and False Memory in Aging

Frontiers in Psychology

Jean-Michel Galharret¹  Christelle Evrard²  Fabienne Colombel²  Anne-Laure Gilet² 

[1] Laboratoire de Mathématiques Jean Leray (LMJL-UMR 6629), Université de Nantes, Nantes, France;Laboratoire de Psychologie des Pays de la Loire (LPPL – EA 4638), Université de Nantes, Nantes, France;

关键词: memory;    aging;    DRM;    false memories;    stereotype threat;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.606249

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Studies regularly show that an age-based stereotype threat impairs older adults’ performance on memory tasks. Results regarding stereotype threat effects on false memories are less clear. Some studies suggest that education may moderate the relationship between an age-related stereotype threat and episodic memory performance in older adults. The present study aimed at examining the moderating role of education on the relationship between perceived stereotype threat (PST) and false memories in older adults. With this aim, 82 adults between 60 and 70 years of age performed a Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) task followed by a free recall test and completed questionnaires assessing both their perception of an age-based stereotype threat and their education level. Regression analyses showed no effect of PST on the production of critical lures. However, as was expected, our results showed that in higher educated older adults, as the perception of stereotype increases, the production of critical lures increases. These results confirm the moderating role of education and highlight its key role in the relationship between the age-based stereotype threat and older adults’ susceptibility to false memories.

【 授权许可】

CC BY