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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > mnemic neglect

Preferred term

mnemic neglect  

Definition

  • A tendency to forget negative feedback about oneself more frequently than positive or neutral feedback. Mnemic neglect is thought to be a way of protecting and preserving one's self-image.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Sedikides, C., & Green, J. D. (2004). What I don’t recall can’t hurt me: Information negativity versus information inconsistency as determinants of memorial self-defense. Social Cognition, 22(1), 4–29. https://doi.org/10.1521/soco.22.1.4.30987

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-K6N89RBW-N

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