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Advisor(s)
Mark McDaniel, David A. Balota, Sandra Hale, Henry L. Roediger, III, R. Keith Sawyer, Daniel Shea
Language
English (en)
Date of Award
Winter 12-15-2007
Degree Type
Restricted Access Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Abstract
Prospective memory (PM) involves the performance of a delayed intention. Implementation intentions are condition-action statements that can improve goal completion (Gollwitzer & Brandstatter, 1997). In spite of research suggesting that implementation intentions can improve PM performance in older adults, little work has been done to examine implementation intentions (and their necessary features) and PM in young adults. Gollwitzer (1999) suggested that implementation intentions may automatize performance of the desired behavior. The present study compared the effectiveness of different implementation intentions in a PM paradigm, using a costsensitive ongoing task, for focal and non-focal PM tasks. PM performance and cost were also examined with respect to the five factors of the NEO-FFI (Costa & McCrae, 1989).
Recommended Citation
Breneiser, Jennifer E., "Implementation Intentions and Cost in Prospective Memory Retrieval" (2007). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 38.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/etd_restrict/38
Comments
Permanent URL: https://doi.org/10.7936/K7Q23ZM7 Print version available in library catalog at http://catalog.wustl.edu:80/record=b3541450~S2