Relation between self-knowledge reference and self-monitoring of emotional state 1

Abstract

We used a task facilitation paradigm to examine whether self-knowledge reference and self-monitoring have a functional relationship. Eighteen participants performed a series of tasks: self-knowledge reference, evaluation, self-monitoring, and semantic. Responses on the self-knowledge reference task were faster when the previous task was self-monitoring rather than semantic. However, responses on the self-monitoring task were similar regardless of whether it was preceded by the self-knowledge reference task or the evaluation task. Our results suggest that self-monitoring induces self-knowledge reference. © Japanese Psychological Association 2007.