reinforced self-affirmation procedure / procédure d'affirmation de soi renforcée
Synonyms: RSA
Group: Human, Psychology, Thematic grouping Memory and Law
Groupe : Homme, Psychologie, Regroupement thématique Mémoire et justice
Domain: Psychology
Domaine : Psychologie
Semantic category: Human
Catégorie sémantique : Homme
Definition: A method of increasing subjects’ confidence in their memories, which is intended to reduce their susceptibility to suggestions and thus reduce the effect of various forms of memory distortion. The procedure is based on two techniques: self-affirmation (the subject is asked to write down his or her highest life achievements) and positive feedback in a memory task.
Définition : Méthode pour renforcer la confiance des sujets dans leurs souvenirs, supposée diminuer leur susceptibilité aux suggestions et ainsi réduire l’effet de différentes formes de distorsions mnésiques. Elle repose sur deux techniques : l’affirmation de soi (le sujet est invité à écrire ses plus grandes réussites personnelles) et des retours positifs dans une tâche de mémoire.
Broader term: instruction
Terme générique : consigne
Related terms: eyewitness testimony, suggestibility, misinformation effect, memory conformity, induced false memory
Termes associés : témoignage oculaire, suggestibilité, effet de désinformation, conformisme des souvenirs, faux souvenir induit
Editorial note: Studies showed that the reinforced self-affirmation procedure is efficient to reduce the misinformation effect (e.g., Szpitalak, 2022 ; Szpitalak & Polczyk, 2013 ; Szpitalak & Polczyk, 2019 ; Szpitalak & Polczyk, 2021) and interrogative suggestibility (Szpitalak & Polczyk, 2016), but not the memory conformity effect (Kękuś et al., 2023).
Note éditoriale : Des études ont montré que la procédure d’affirmation de soi renforcée est efficace pour réduire l’effet de désinformation (par exemple, Szpitalak, 2022 ; Szpitalak & Polczyk, 2013 ; Szpitalak & Polczyk, 2019 ; Szpitalak & Polczyk, 2021), la suggestibilité à l’interrogation (Szpitalak & Polczyk, 2016), mais pas l’effet de conformisme des souvenirs (Kękuś et al., 2023).
Selected bibliography: Kękuś, M., Chylińska, K., Szpitalak, M., Polczyk, R., Ito, H., Mori, K., & Barzykowski, K. (2023). Reinforced self-affirmation as a method for reducing eyewitness memory conformity: An experimental examination using a modified MORI technique. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 37(3), 660–674. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.4065 [Study type: empirical study / Access: open], Szpitalak, M. (in press). Reinforced self-affirmation as a method of reducing the misinformation effect: Towards ecological validity. Psychology, Crime & Law. https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2022.2093872 [Study type: empirical study / Access: open], Szpitalak, M., & Polczyk, R. (2013). Promoting eyewitness testimony quality: Warning vs. reinforced self-affi rmation as methods of reduction of the misinformation effect. Polish Psychological Bulletin, 1(44), 85–91. [Study type: empirical study / Access: open], Szpitalak, M., & Polczyk, R. (2016). Reinforced self-affirmation and interrogative suggestibility. Psychiatry, Psychology & Law, 23(4), 512–520. https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2015.1081088 [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed], Szpitalak, M., & Polczyk, R. (2019). Inducing resistance to the misinformation effect by means of reinforced self-affirmation: The importance of positive feedback. PLOS ONE, 14(1), e0210987. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210987 [Study type: empirical study / Access: open], Szpitalak, M., & Polczyk, R. (2021). Mediators and Moderators of Reinforced Self-Affirmation as a Method for Reducing the Memory Misinformation Effect. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 5290. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.666707 [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]