directed forgetting / oubli dirigé
Group: Human, Psychology
Groupe : Homme, Psychologie
Domain: Psychology
Domaine : Psychologie
Semantic category: Human
Catégorie sémantique : Homme
Definition: Type of motivated forgetting characterized by a poorer memory of items that subjects have previously been asked to forget (compared to the instruction to remember).
Définition : Forme d’oubli motivé se manifestant par une moins bonne mémoire pour les items que les sujets ont précédemment été invités à oublier (comparativement à une consigne où il leur a été demandé de s'en souvenir).
Broader term: motivated forgetting
Terme générique : oubli motivé
Narrower terms: selective directed forgetting effect
Termes spécifiques : effet d'oubli dirigé sélectif
Related terms: saving-enhanced memory effect, inhibition
Termes associés : effet de mémoire améliorée par la sauvegarde, inhibition
Has study methods: list-method directed forgetting paradigm, item-method directed forgetting paradigm
Moderator variables: Age: larger directed forgetting in young adults compared to older adults (Titz & Verhaeghen, 2010)., Number of items: larger directed forgetting with short lists (Titz & Verhaeghen, 2010)., Presentation time: larger directed forgetting with longer presentation time per item (Titz & Verhaeghen, 2010)., Rehearsal time: larger directed forgetting with longer rehearsal times (Titz & Verhaeghen, 2010)., Type of items: larger directed forgetting for single words compared to verbal action phrases (Titz & Verhaeghen, 2010)., Type of method: larger directed forgetting with item method compared to list method (Titz & Verhaeghen, 2010)., Type of test: no directed forgetting with the list method in a recognition test, only in a free recall test. The effect is present in both recognition and free recall with the item method (MacLeod, 1999).
Selected bibliography: Corenblum, B., & Goernert, P. N. (2023). Directed forgetting of emotionally toned items and mental health: A meta-analytic review. Memory, 31(5), 605–634. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2023.2185930 [Study type: meta-analysis / Access: closed], Delaney, P. F., Barden, E. P., Smith, W. G., & Wisco, B. E. (2020). What can directed forgetting tell us about clinical populations? Clinical Psychology Review, 82, 101926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2020.101926 [Study type: literature review / Access: closed], Epstein, W. (1972). Mechanisms of directed forgetting. In Psychology of Learning and Motivation (Vol. 6, pp. 147–191). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0079-7421(08)60386-2 [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed], MacLeod, C. M. (1998). Directed forgetting. In J. M. Golding, C. M. MacLeod, J. M. (Ed) Golding, & C. M. (Ed.), Intentional forgetting:  Interdisciplinary approaches. (p. 1-57). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. [Study type: literature review / Access: closed], Macleod, C. M. (1999). The item and list methods of directed forgetting : Test differences and the role of demand characteristics. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 6(1), 123‑129. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03210819 [Study type: empirical study / Access: open], Titz, C., & Verhaeghen, P. (2010). Aging and directed forgetting in episodic memory : A meta-analysis. Psychology and Aging, 25(2), 405‑411. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0017225 [Study type: meta-analysis / Access: closed]
Dataset citations: Abel, M. (2021, June 8). List-method directed forgetting: Do critical findings generalize from short to long retention interval? https://osf.io/c4ap5