Penningroth Suzanna L, Scott Walter D, Freuen Margaret
Department of Psychology.
Can J Exp Psychol. 2011 Mar;65(1):3-11. doi: 10.1037/a0022841.
Few studies have addressed social motivation in prospective memory (PM). In a pilot study and two main studies, we examined whether social PM tasks possess a motivational advantage over nonsocial PM tasks. In the pilot study and Study 1, participants listed their real-life important and less important PM tasks. Independent raters categorized the PM tasks as social or nonsocial. Results from both studies showed a higher proportion of tasks rated as social when important tasks were requested than when less important tasks were requested. In Study 1, participants also reported whether they had remembered to perform each PM task. Reported performance rates were higher for tasks rated as social than for those rated as nonsocial. Finally, in Study 2, participants rated the importance of two hypothetical PM tasks, one social and one nonsocial. The social PM task was rated higher in importance. Overall, these findings suggest that social PM tasks are viewed as more important than nonsocial PM tasks and they are more likely to be performed. We propose that consideration of the social relevance of PM will lead to a more complete and ecologically valid theoretical description of PM performance.
很少有研究探讨前瞻性记忆（PM）中的社会动机。在一项初步研究和两项主要研究中，我们考察了社会性前瞻性记忆任务是否比非社会性前瞻性记忆任务具有动机优势。在初步研究和研究1中，参与者列出了他们现实生活中重要和不太重要的前瞻性记忆任务。独立评估者将前瞻性记忆任务分类为社会性或非社会性。两项研究的结果均显示，当要求列出重要任务时，被评为社会性的任务比例高于要求列出不太重要任务时。在研究1中，参与者还报告了他们是否记得执行每项前瞻性记忆任务。报告的社会性任务执行率高于非社会性任务。最后，在研究2中，参与者对两项假设的前瞻性记忆任务（一项社会性任务和一项非社会性任务）的重要性进行了评分。社会性前瞻性记忆任务的重要性得分更高。总体而言，这些发现表明，社会性前瞻性记忆任务比非社会性前瞻性记忆任务被视为更重要，并且更有可能被执行。我们认为，考虑前瞻性记忆的社会相关性将导致对前瞻性记忆表现更完整且符合生态学效度的理论描述。
