Abstract
The present study investigated the relationship between dispositional optimism and false recognition. Participants took DRM procedure that is the list-learning method for examining false memories. Each study list consisted of ten words that were semantically related to a lure word that is not presented to participants. At the study phase participants saw twelve lists; 4 positive word lists, 4 negative word lists and 4 neutral word lists. At the test phase participants took the recognition test, in which participants were presented to the old items (participants saw previously), the control items (participants did not saw previously) and the lure items (participants did not saw previously while they were semantically related to the study lists). The results showed that false recognition of the lure items in the neutral lists was negatively correlated to dispositional optimism, indicating that dispositional optimism facilitates monitoring mechanism.
