Extraversion and Recognition for Emotional Words: Effects of Valence, Frequency, and Task-difficulty

외향성과 정서단어의 재인 기억: 정서가, 빈도, 과제 난이도 효과

  • Kang, Eunjoo (Department of Psychology, Kangwon National University)
  • Received : 2014.05.30
  • Accepted : 2014.10.26
  • Published : 2014.12.30

Abstract

In this study, memory for emotional words was compared between extraverts and introverts, employing signal detection analysis to distinguish differences in discriminative memory and response bias. Subjects were presented with a study list of emotional words in an encoding session, followed by a recognition session. Effects of task difficulty were examined by varying the nature of the encoding task and the intervals between study and test. For an easy task, with a retention interval of 5 minutes (Study I), introverts exhibited better memory (i.e., higher d') than extraverts, particularly for low-frequency words, and response biases did not differ between these two groups. For a difficult task, with a one-month retention period (Study II), performance was poor overall, and only high-frequency words were remembered; also extraverts adopted a more liberal criterion for 'old' responses (i.e., more hits and more false alarms) for positive emotional-valence words. These results suggest that as task difficulty drives down performance, effects of internal control processes become more apparent, revealing differences in response biases for positive words between extraverts and introverts. These results show that extraversion can distort memory performance for words, depending on their emotional valence.

본 연구는 외향성이라는 성격 특성에 따른 정서적 단어의 기억 수행의 차이를 연구하기 위해, 신호 탐지 분석법을 적용하여 기억 변별력과 재인 반응 편향을 분석하였다. 참여자들은 부호화 시에 제시되는 정서 단어에 대하여 정서 범주 판단과제를 수행하고, 이어서 재인 검사를 받았다. 또한 단어 재인에 미치는 과제의 난이도와 성격의 상호작용 조사하기 위해, 부호화와 인출 사이의 기간을 달리한 두 개의 실험이 수행되었다. 파지 지연기간이 짧은(5분) 저난이도 과제(Study I)에서는 특히 저빈도 단어에 대해, 외향성이 낮은 사람일수록 더 좋은 기억 수행(높은 d')을 보였으며, 재인 반응 편향에는 외향성에 따른 차이가 없었다. 특히, 외향성이 높을수록 오류 재인 후에 과신하는 경향이 높았다. 파지기간이 긴(한 달) 고난이도 과제(Study II)의 경우, 기억 수행은 외향성에 따른 차이가 없이 전반적으로 저조하였나, 고빈도-긍정 단어에서만 외향성이 높은 개인일수록 훨씬 자유로운 반응 준거(높은 적중률과 높은 오경보율)를 적용하는 재인 수행의 특성을 보이는 것이 관찰되었으며, 이런 긍정단어에 대한 자신의 재인에 과신하는 경향도 높았다. 본 결과는 기억 수행이 저조해질 때, 외향성이 높은 개인들이 내적 통제 과정에 더 취약해 지며, 이런 성격차이는 긍정단어의 기억의 재인 준거나 재인 반응에 대한 확신에 영향을 미칠 수 있음을 보인다. 즉 기억의 흔적이 약할 때, 외향성이 높은 개인들은 긍정적 정서가의 단어에 특정적으로 기억 보고와 확신 편향을 보일 수 있음을 시사한다.

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