1. Processing Negative Life Experiences Social Psychology 240 Lab Presented by: Bonnie Fraser, Evan Jones, Jacob Kelly & Jessica MacDonald

2. Introduction

4. Methodology Participants 50 participants Age 18-30 Criteria: must have suffered a traumatic life experience Recruited through local newspapers Told this would be a study on memory of past life events Offered $20 incentive

5. Methodology Materials AMQ-R Autobiographical Memory Questionnaire – Revised 9 questions omitted from original 2 questions added. Measured on Likert Type scale

6. Methodology Procedure Participants called to recreational hall (informal setting) Asked to recall a negative life event Randomly assigned to a condition Talking Writing Talking group speaks with confederate Writing group completes the AMQ-R

7. Talking Condition Questions similar in format to the AMQ-R Given to confederate prior to experiment Writing Condition

8. Post-Mood Assessment

9. Results Independent Samples t-test AMQ Scores  y-axis Conditions (writing/talking)  x-axis Bars will coincide with hypothesis.

10. Discussion

11. Future Research:

12. References