TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of Eysenck's extraversion-introversion personality dimension on prospective memory
AU - Heffernan, Tom
AU - Ling, Jonathan
PY - 2001/9
Y1 - 2001/9
N2 - Prospective memory (PM) is memory for future events. PM is a developing area of research (e.g., Brandimonte, Einstein & McDaniel, 1996) with recent work linking personality types and their utilisation of PM (Goschke & Kuhl, 1996; Searleman, 1996). The present study compared 28 extraverts and 28 introverts on their short- and long-term prospective memory using the Prospective Memory Scale developed by Hannon, Adams, Harrington, Fries-Dias & Gibson (1995). The main finding was that extraverts reported significantly fewer errors on short- and long-term PM than introverts, and this difference could not be explained in terms of the number of strategies used to support prospective remembering. These findings are discussed in relation to differences between the personality types.
AB - Prospective memory (PM) is memory for future events. PM is a developing area of research (e.g., Brandimonte, Einstein & McDaniel, 1996) with recent work linking personality types and their utilisation of PM (Goschke & Kuhl, 1996; Searleman, 1996). The present study compared 28 extraverts and 28 introverts on their short- and long-term prospective memory using the Prospective Memory Scale developed by Hannon, Adams, Harrington, Fries-Dias & Gibson (1995). The main finding was that extraverts reported significantly fewer errors on short- and long-term PM than introverts, and this difference could not be explained in terms of the number of strategies used to support prospective remembering. These findings are discussed in relation to differences between the personality types.
KW - prospective memory
KW - personality
KW - extraversion
KW - introversion
U2 - 10.1111/1467-9450.00243
DO - 10.1111/1467-9450.00243
M3 - Article
SN - 0036-5564
VL - 42
SP - 321
EP - 325
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
IS - 4
ER -