Some researchers have argued that the self-structure in memory is unique, and information actively related to the self should be better remembered than information that is processed in other ways. Researchers who initially obtained this form of memory superiority labeled the phenomenon the self-reference effect (Rogers et al., 1977). The purpose of this experiment is to attempt to validate self-referencing theory.

When this experiment begins, the first thing you will be asked to do is to indicate if you are male or female. For male, you will enter M and for female, you will enter F.

Next, you will see the following screen.

An activity will appear in the green area. You are to indicate whether or not you identify this activity activity with yourself. You do this "indicating" by clicking on one of the numbers. You click on 1 or 2 if you don't identify yourself with this activity, and you click on 3 or 4 ify you do identify yourself with this activity.

As soon as you have click on a number, a new activity will appear, and you are to again indicate whether or not you identify this new activity activity with yourself. This process will continue until you have rated all of the activities.

As soon as you have rated all the activities, a new task will begin. You will be given instructions for this new task when the task appears.

When you have finished the second task, a third task will appear. You will be given instructions for this third task when the third task appears.

After the third task, you will be able to analyze you data and get your results.

When you have read and understood these instructions, Please click on the word START below, to begin.