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People Change: Impression Management Influences Autobiographical Memories, Holly Elizabeth Cole
People Change: Impression Management Influences Autobiographical Memories, Holly Elizabeth Cole
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This paper presents the results of an experiment that tested a new impression management strategy, termed memory enhancement, and the long-term implications of using memory enhancement. People often share the events that occur in their everyday lives to others in the form of stories. This research was designed to determine if people will alter the way they share previous events to create a specific impression. It is possible that using the impression management strategy of memory enhancement will create long lasting changes to the actual memory of the event. This was tested in an experiment in which participants were put …