The Effects of Collaboration and Competition on Pro-Social Prospective Memory
<span>The social underpinnings of remembering to perform an action in the future (i.e., prospective memory, PM) have been recently shown to be an important feature of prospective memory functioning (Brandimonte, Ferrante, Bianco, & Villani, 2010). One emergent, though neglected, issue...
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2012-09-01
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| author | Guido D’Angelo Andrea Bosco Carmela Bianco Maria A Brandimonte |
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| description | <span>The social underpinnings of remembering to perform an action in the future (i.e., prospective memory, PM) have been recently shown to be an important feature of prospective memory functioning (Brandimonte, Ferrante, Bianco, & Villani, 2010). One emergent, though neglected, issue refers to the way people remember to do things </span>'with others'<span> and </span>'for others'<span>. In two experiments, participants were requested to collaborate or compete during an event-based PM task. In Experiment 1, they could also gain money for donation, while in Experiment 2 they could get personal earnings. Participants completed a parity judgment ongoing task and a PM task. Results revealed that a decrease in PM performance occurred with collaboration, as a result of responsibility sharing. In contrast, the pro-social nature of the PM task improved participants' performance. Interestingly, pro-sociality prevented the detrimental effect of collaboration (experiments 1 and 2), while a personal gain did not contrast responsibility sharing (experiment 2). Surprisingly, competition did not significantly affect PM performance. Finally, an increase of the monitoring costs during the ongoing task was associated with pro-social goals. This pattern of result suggests that PM is influenced by social drives and points to a pivotal role of motivation in regulating conscious mechanisms underlying memory for intentions.</span> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6679b301132c41b196a1b3da2516e4c92022-12-22T01:38:44ZengUbiquity PressPsychologica Belgica0033-28792054-670X2012-09-01522-320522810.5334/pb-52-2-3-20534The Effects of Collaboration and Competition on Pro-Social Prospective MemoryGuido D’Angelo0Andrea Bosco1Carmela Bianco2Maria A Brandimonte3Department of Psychology, University of BariDepartment of Psychology, University of BariLaboratory of Experimental Psychology, Suor Orsola Benincasa University <span>The social underpinnings of remembering to perform an action in the future (i.e., prospective memory, PM) have been recently shown to be an important feature of prospective memory functioning (Brandimonte, Ferrante, Bianco, & Villani, 2010). One emergent, though neglected, issue refers to the way people remember to do things </span>'with others'<span> and </span>'for others'<span>. In two experiments, participants were requested to collaborate or compete during an event-based PM task. In Experiment 1, they could also gain money for donation, while in Experiment 2 they could get personal earnings. Participants completed a parity judgment ongoing task and a PM task. Results revealed that a decrease in PM performance occurred with collaboration, as a result of responsibility sharing. In contrast, the pro-social nature of the PM task improved participants' performance. Interestingly, pro-sociality prevented the detrimental effect of collaboration (experiments 1 and 2), while a personal gain did not contrast responsibility sharing (experiment 2). Surprisingly, competition did not significantly affect PM performance. Finally, an increase of the monitoring costs during the ongoing task was associated with pro-social goals. This pattern of result suggests that PM is influenced by social drives and points to a pivotal role of motivation in regulating conscious mechanisms underlying memory for intentions.</span>http://www.psychologicabelgica.com/articles/34 |
| spellingShingle | Guido D’Angelo Andrea Bosco Carmela Bianco Maria A Brandimonte The Effects of Collaboration and Competition on Pro-Social Prospective Memory Psychologica Belgica |
| title | The Effects of Collaboration and Competition on Pro-Social Prospective Memory |
| title_full | The Effects of Collaboration and Competition on Pro-Social Prospective Memory |
| title_fullStr | The Effects of Collaboration and Competition on Pro-Social Prospective Memory |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Effects of Collaboration and Competition on Pro-Social Prospective Memory |
| title_short | The Effects of Collaboration and Competition on Pro-Social Prospective Memory |
| title_sort | effects of collaboration and competition on pro social prospective memory |
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