Summary laney

Asparagus, A Love Story –
Laney Et Al
EXPERIMENT 1
Aim
- Can positive false memory be successfully
Apparatus
planted in Pp Session 1
 Loved specific food as a child 1. Food history inventory
- Believers more susceptible to false memory  24 items
manipulation compared to non-believers
 8 point scale
 1 = definitely did not happen
Method  8 = definitely yes
- Lab exp  16. ‘loved asparagus first time you
tried it’
- Questionnaire

2. Restaurant Questionnaire
Variables
 Menu-like – 5 categories
- IV  32 dishes
 Love group  “sautéed asparagus spears” in
restaurant setting
 Control
 8 point
- DV
 1 = definitely no
 Scores on various questionnaires
 8 = definitely yes


Design 3. 3 fillers

- Independent measure
Session 2
1. Food preferences questionnaire
Sample
 62 items
- 128 undergrad of Uni of California, Irvine
 8 point (Likert)
- Course credits  1 = definitely don’t like to eat
- Randomly allocated  8 = definitely like to eat
 63 love
 65 control 2. Food Costs Questionnaire
 21 food items at grocery store
- Groups of 8
 Asparagus
 Would never buy it
- 77% female
 $1.90 - $5.70
- 20.8 years old

3. Memory of Belief Questionnaire
 Have specific memory
 Specific structured units &
detailed

,  Belief that it happened  Imagine setting in which this exp might
 Less specific, less tied to time &
have happened
place  Where were you
 Positive that it hadn’t happened  Who was with you
 To what extent did this affect you adult
4. FHI and RQ personality
Session 1 Session 2
FHI FHI - Complete FHI and restaurant Q to compare pre
and post manipulation
RQ RQ
- 3 other questionnaires
- Food Pref
 Food preferences
- Food Cost
 Food cost
- Memory / Belief
 Memory or belief
3 filler -


- Debriefed
Procedure
- Less than ½ h each day
Session 1
- Told would be completing series of Q for study
on rs between food preference and personality Results
- Not told anything about false memories to limit Food history inventory
DC
- 31 Pp (17 love 14C) excluded because alr liked
- Complete food history inventory and restaurant
 5 points and above
questionnaire
- Love increase 2.6 point on 8 point scale
- 3 filler
- Control increase 0.2

Session 2
Memories or beliefs
- One week later, Pp return
- Love
- Given false feedback about response to
material in Session 1  22% memory
- Told entered response into computer that  35% belief
generate profile of early childhood exp. With
certain food  44% certain not occurred


- Portion of profile same for all - For control
 As a young child “you disliked  12% memory
spinach”
 28% belief
 You enjoyed fried foods
 61% no memory
- Critical item ‘you loved to eat cook asparagus’
 3rd position
Believers vs Non-Believers

- Control did not receive asparagus feedback - Some more susceptible to manipulation –
individual diff.

- All Pp answered questions (9 point, 1 = not at - Believers criteria
all, 9 = very much) to ensure Pp processed  Low rating in S1 and higher in S2 on FHI
feedback
 Memory / belief response
- Believers increased 4.5 points on 8 point