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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Military Psychology
  • Social Psychology

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  • The self-reference effect (SRE) typically enhances memory recall.
  • The group-reference effect (GRE) involves memory recall related to group identity.
  • Military environments emphasize strong group identity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if the GRE is stronger than the SRE for soldiers' memory performance.
  • To determine if military group identity influences memory recall effects.
  • To explore the uniqueness of soldiers' sense of self in relation to memory.

Main Methods:

  • Three experiments were conducted involving soldiers and university students.
  • Participants underwent recognition tests under self-reference and group-reference conditions.
  • Experiment 2 included "remember" / "know" / "guess" judgments for memory assessment.

Main Results:

  • Soldiers demonstrated better recognition memory under the group-reference condition compared to the self-reference condition.
  • The GRE was superior to the SRE for soldiers' recognition, particularly for "know" responses.
  • University students did not show a GRE superiority over the SRE, indicating soldier-specific findings.

Conclusions:

  • The findings suggest that for soldiers, an ingroup sense of self may be dominant over the individual self-reference effect.
  • The results indicate that soldiers' sense of self might be unique compared to civilian populations.
  • Military group cohesion significantly impacts memory recall strategies.