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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > fading affect bias

Terme préférentiel

fading affect bias  

Définition

  • A memory phenomenon observed when people judge the affective intensity of an event as weaker at the time they remember this event than at the time they experienced it.

Concept générique

Concepts associés

Synonyme(s)

  • affect fading effect
  • FAB effect

Note d'application

  • The affect fading bias is greater for negative than for positive events.

Appartient au groupe

Référence(s) bibliographique(s)

  • • Cason, H. (1932). The learning and retention of pleasant and unpleasant activities. Archives of Psychology, 134, 5–96.

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Holmes, D. S. (1970). Differential change in affective intensity and the forgetting of unpleasant personal experiences. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 15(3), 234–239. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0029394

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Rollins, L., Gibbons, J. A., & Cloude, E. B. (2018). Affective change greater for unpleasant than pleasant events in autobiographical memory of children and adults: A retrospective study. Cognitive Development, 47, 46–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2018.03.002

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Walker, W. R., & Skowronski, J. J. (2009). The fading affect bias: But what the hell is it for? Applied Cognitive Psychology, 23(8), 1122–1136. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.1614

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Walker, W. R., Vogl, R. J., & Thompson, C. P. (1997). Autobiographical memory: Unpleasantness fades faster than pleasantness over time. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 11(5), 399–413. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0720(199710)11:5<399::AID-ACP462>3.0.CO;2-E

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

Créateur

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-KX30Z9XX-C

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