Influences of categorical processing on cross-category face recognition deficits

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dc.contributor.authorCorcoran, Michelle Anne
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorVokey, John R.
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-07T22:05:15Z
dc.date.available2011-12-07T22:05:15Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.descriptionx, 87 leaves : ill. ; 29 cmen_US
dc.description.abstractThe influence of categorisation on recognition memory was explored in the context of two prominent effects in the memory literature: the other-race effect and the other-sex effect. It is proposed that both effects may share similar underlying mechanisms. Consistent with social categorisation perspectives that emphasise the use of individuation and categorisation processes, both the other-race effect and the other-sex effect were modulated as a result of a categorisation manipulation that emphasised either the race category or the sex category. The results lend support to the use of individuation and categorisation processes in both effects confirming the notion that the other-race effect and the other-sex effect seem to share some similar underlying mechanisms. Processes of individuation and categorisation may be representative of a more general memory phenomenon that may be able to account for recognition performance of other major visual categories of faces in addition to the other-race effect and the other-sex effect.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/2568
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Psychology, c2009en_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectFace perceptionen_US
dc.subjectRecognition (Psychology)en_US
dc.subjectMemoryen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleInfluences of categorical processing on cross-category face recognition deficitsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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