Misremembering motives: The unreliability of voters' memories of the reasons for their vote

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dc.contributor.authorMurphy, Gillian
dc.contributor.authorLoftus, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorHofstein Grady, Rebecca
dc.contributor.authorLevine, Linda J.
dc.contributor.authorGreene, Ciara M.
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-03T15:39:00Z
dc.date.available2020-12-03T15:39:00Z
dc.date.issued2020-10-31
dc.date.updated2020-09-22T10:02:30Z
dc.description.abstractIn the aftermath of important votes, people are often asked to report why they voted as they did. In the current study, we assessed the consistency of these reports over a one- year period. Participants reported their reasons for voting Yes or No in the 2018 Irish abortion referendum one week, three months, six months, and 12 months post-referendum. While the top reasons given by Yes and No voting groups remained relatively consistent over time, there was significant individual inconsistency. Furthermore, when presented with a list of possible reasons at the end of the study, many participants failed to select reasons that they had previously reported. The findings suggest that voter memory of factors that influenced their vote can be unreliable. Moreover, reports are influenced by how the reasons are elicited (for example, by open response vs. selection from a list).en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationMurphy, G., Loftus, E., Grady, R. H., Levine, L. J. and Greene, C. M. (2020) 'Misremembering Motives: The Unreliability of Voters’ Memories of the Reasons for their Vote', Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, In Press, doi: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2020.08.004en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jarmac.2020.08.004en
dc.identifier.endpage12en
dc.identifier.issn2211-3681
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of Applied Research in Memory And Cognitionen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/10814
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.relation.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211368120300644
dc.rights© 2020 Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. This manuscript version is made available under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectMemoryen
dc.subjectDecision-makingen
dc.subjectReasoningen
dc.subjectMetacognitionen
dc.subjectPoliticsen
dc.titleMisremembering motives: The unreliability of voters' memories of the reasons for their voteen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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