Committee Chair

Metzger, Richard

Department

Dept. of Psychology

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

It has long been assumed that depression leads to memory impairment. However, previous research findings have been plagued with inconsistencies in methodology and overall findings. Specifically, there has been some debate over whether or not depressed people are capable of spontaneous strategy use, such as utilizing an associative network/categorical structure. In this study, categorical structure was manipulated using the lists constructed by Deese (1959) and Roediger and McDermott (1995) to examine the false memory paradigm as a function of depression. No differences were found for overall recall or the recall of critical target items as a function of depression. However, high depressed participants produced more false memories on the recognition task than low depressed participants.

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank the faculty of the psychology department at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. I owe a great deal of gratitude to my thesis committee, Richard Metzger, Amye Warren, and Paul Watson. Thank you for your guidance and encouragement that has led to the completion of this thesis. I would also like to thank my lab partner and friend, Amanda Burlingham. All of your support, friendship, and hard work has been appreciated. Finally, I would also like to thank Christie Jenkins for all of her dedication to this project.

Degree

M. S.; A thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Science.

Date

5-2000

Subject

Depression, Mental--Physiological aspects; Memory disorders; False memory syndrome

Discipline

Cognitive Psychology

Document Type

Masters theses

DCMI Type

Text

Extent

vii, 32 leaves

Language

English

Call Number

LB2369.2 .S526 2000

Rights

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