Green, Pinter, & Mnemic

Sedikides, 2005
neglect
model at
encoding
Mnemic Neglect: People recall feedback more poorly when it is threatening and about the self
Sedikides & Green (2000; 2004); Green & Sedikides (2004)
Two-stage processing sequence
Stage 1: Information is compared to self
If self-threatening or inconsistent, processing ceases
If positive or self-congruent…
Stage 2: Elaborative processing occurs
Links are made with episodic memories about the self
Mnemic neglect findings
Received computer personality feedback
positive or negative; self or Chris
Recall for self-negative was lower
Under limited presentation time, recall for all four categories was equally low
Poorer recall for high diagnosticity feedback
Similar findings in narcissism?
Narcissists have self-serving recall in the valence of the romantic histories they provide after
romantic selection or rejection
Egoistic self-enhancers have a bias for positive information, unless a video camera was
present

Karolyn Budzek, Attention & Memory, Fall 2007