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The Likelihood of Revealing Secrets Based on Severity and Consequence

The Likelihood of Revealing Secrets Based on Severity and Consequence. By Katy d’Ambly, Nicole Mazzeo, Elysha Ertas, Deni Tilkidjieva. Past Research. Lane and Wegner (1995) Free association test Secret suppression and cognitive energy Kelly (2002) Secrets kept from counselors by patients

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The Likelihood of Revealing Secrets Based on Severity and Consequence

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  1. The Likelihood of Revealing Secrets Based on Severity and Consequence By Katy d’Ambly, Nicole Mazzeo, Elysha Ertas, Deni Tilkidjieva

  2. Past Research • Lane and Wegner (1995) • Free association test • Secret suppression and cognitive energy • Kelly (2002) • Secrets kept from counselors by patients • Secrets’ consequences

  3. Hypothesis Participants who are exposed to a more severe secret with greater consequences will be more likely to reveal the secret than participants in any of the other experimental conditions.

  4. Variables • IV 1: Secret (more severe or less severe) • IV 2: Consequence (lesser or greater) • DV: The likelihood to reveal the secret

  5. Method: Participants • 98 participants randomly assigned to conditions • 21 (less severe secret, lesser consequence) • 26 (less, greater) • 26 (more, lesser) • 25 (more, greater) • Mostly traditionally aged Mount Holyoke women

  6. Method: Materials • 1 questionnaire per condition, each with 3 secret scenarios: • Suicide / Depression • Car accident • Cheating on boyfriend • Two questions following each scenario: • How likely are you to tell this secret? (DV) • How believable is this scenario? (manipulation check)

  7. Method: Procedure • Questionnaires were randomized • Participants filled out questionnaires • Questionnaires were collected and participants debriefed • Results were sent to participants

  8. Results • Dependent Variable – Likelihood to Disclose the Secret • Hypothesis – Participants exposed to a more severe secret with greater consequences would be more likely to reveal the secret than participants in any of the other experimental conditions.

  9. Results • Analysis:2 (secret: more severe vs. less severe) X2 (consequence: greater vs. lesser)independent groups ANOVA

  10. Results Main Effect of Secret’s Severity

  11. Results Main Effect of Consequence

  12. Results Interaction between Secret & Consequence

  13. Manipulation Check • One-way ANOVA • No significant difference between believability; all scenarios had a high score of realism

  14. Discussion • Significant main effect for secret’s severity • No main effect for consequence • No interaction • Hypothesis not supported

  15. Discussion • Results not consistent with what we inferred from other studies • Interpretation on effect of secret severity from Lane and Wegner (1995) study consistent with findings • Indication that consequence as a variable has effect was not consistent with results

  16. Future Directions • Consequences left to interpretation • describe consequence for participant • Clarify consequences • distinguish between greater and lesser

  17. Results Main Effect of Consequence

  18. THE END!

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