Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Gender differences in false memory production

  • Published:
Current Psychology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The present study investigated differences in false memory production between men and women, using the Deese/Roedgier McDermott (DRM) paradigm. Five word lists were used (MAN, GIRL, BREAD, BLACK, HIGH) and it was predicted that males would produce more false memories for the MAN word list while females will produce more false memories for the GIRL word list. Results did not confirm our predictions. Gender was neither a significant main effect, nor did it interact with any factors. Test and List x Test were the only significant main or interaction effects, respectively. Results are discussed as they relate to gender differences in cognitive processing.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Banaji, M.R., & Hardin, CD. (1996). Automatic stereotyping. Psychological Science, 7, 136–141.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Clancy, S., Schacter, D., McNally, R., & Pitman, R. (2000). False recognition in women reporting recovered memories of sexual abuse. Psychological Science, 11, 26–31.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Deese, J. (1959). On the prediction of occurrence of particular verbal intrusions in immediate recall. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 60, 656–674.

    Google Scholar 

  • deMayo, R. M., & Diliberto, K. A. (2003). False memory for pictures of common household stereotypes: Evidence of a gender stereotype. Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research, 8, 62–69.

    Google Scholar 

  • Feingold, A. (1988). Cognitive gender differences are disappearing. American Psychologist, 43, 95–103.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ferraro, F.R., & Chelminski, I. (1996). Preliminary normative data on the Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form (GDS-SF) in a young adult sample. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 52, 443–447.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Halpem, D. (1989). The disappearance of cognitive gender differences: What you see depends on where you look. American Psychologist, 44, 1156–1157

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Halpern, D., & Ikier, S. (2001). Causes, correlates, and caveats: Understanding the development of sex differences in cognition. The development of sex differences in cognition. Westport, CT: Ablex Publishing.

    Google Scholar 

  • Halpem, D. & LaMay, M. (2000). The smarter sex: A critical review of sex differences in intelligence. Educational Psychology Review, 12, 229–246.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Herlitz, A., Nilsson, L.G., & Backman, L. (1997). Gender differences in episodic memory. Memory & Cognition, 25, 801–811.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hyde, J.S. (2004). Half the human experience: The psychology of women (6th Ed.). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lenton, A., Blair, I., & Hastie, R. (2001). Illusions of gender: Stereotypes evoke false memories. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 37, 3–14.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Roediger, H., & McDermott, K. (1995). Creating false memories: Remembering words not presented in lists. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 21, 803–814.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Roediger, H., Watson, J., McDermott, K., & Gallo, D. (2001). Factors that determine false recall: A multiple regression analysis. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 8, 385–407.

    Google Scholar 

  • Seamon, J.G., Guerry, J. D., Marsh, G. P., & Tracy, M. C. (2002). Accurate and false recall in the Deese/ Roediger and McDermott procedure: A methodological note on sex of participant. Psychological Reports, 91, 423–427.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Spielberger, CD., Gorsuch, R.L., Lushene, R., Vagg, P.R., & Jacobs, G.A. (1971). Manual of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (Form Y). New York: Psychological Corporation.

    Google Scholar 

  • Swim, J.K., & Sanna, L.J. (1996). He’s skilled, she’s lucky: Ameta-analysis of observers’ attributions for women’s and men’s successes and failures. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 22, 507–519.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wechsler, D.J. (1981). Manual: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale: Vocabulary Test (WAIS-R). New York: Psychological Corporation.

    Google Scholar 

  • Winograd, E., Peluso, J., & Glover, T. (1998). Individual differences in susceptibility to memory illusions. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 12, S5-S27.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. University of North Dakota, USA

    Grant Bauste & F. Richard Ferraro

Authors
  1. Grant Bauste
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. F. Richard Ferraro
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Bauste, G., Ferraro, F.R. Gender differences in false memory production. Curr Psychol 23, 238–244 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-004-1023-0

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-004-1023-0

Keywords

Search

Navigation