ON THE REGULATION OF RECOLLECTION - THE INTENTIONAL FORGETTING OF STEREOTYPICAL MEMORIES

Drawing insight from related research on thought control, 2 studies in vestigated the process through which social perceivers inhibit the ret rieval of stereotypic information from long-term memory (i.e., intenti onal forgetting). Study 1 considered the attentional demands associate d with the task of forgetting stereotype-congruent memories; Study 2 e xamined the efficacy of intentional forgetting under conditions of res ource depletion. Confirming the theoretical predictions, the task of i nhibiting stereotype-congruent memories made notable demands on partic ipants' attentional resources. The findings are considered in the cont ext of contemporary issues in mental control and stereotype function.