German victimhood memories: The role of (motivated) memory bias and transmission.

德国受害记忆：（动机）记忆偏差和传播的作用。

• 批准号: 465782930
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Roland Imhoff
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Abteilung für Sozial- und Rechtspsychologie
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 资助国家: 德国
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/465782930?language=en
• 关键词: German; victimhood; memories; role; motivated

During her visit to the former concentration camp Auschwitz in 2019, Chancellor Angela Merkel emphasized that responsibility for the deeds of that time belongs inseparably to Germany. Awareness of historical perpetration is an integral part of national identity in Germany, she said. Despite the clear visibility of German Nazi perpetration in sociopolitical discourse, empirical studies in Germany for three decades have repeatedly pointed to an increased perception of Germans as victims of National Socialism. This increased visibility of German victimhood -which contrasts with the publicly dominant perpetrator narrative- could be attributed to both differences in memory and differences in the interpersonal transmission of information about perpetration and victimhood. However, there has been little research that empirically examined victim perceptions in Germany, thereby systematically investigating the role of memory and transference processes. The present project aims to fill this gap. In the first series of experimental studies, signal detection theory will be used to examine whether the victimhood of one's own group is represented emotionally biased in comparison to the perpetration of one's own group and victimhood of another group. In the second series of studies, the paradigm of serial reproduction will be used to examine whether narratives about historical events differ in content and language depending on whether one's own group belongs to the victims or perpetrators. The final part of the project addresses motivational processes. Based on the Needs-Based Model, we examine whether the memory and transmission biases examined in the first two parts can be interrupted by experimentally fulfilling the need for moral restoration. Thus, the current project aims to shed light on the previously underexplored processes that may underlie perceived collective victimhood in historical perpetrator groups.

在2019年访问前集中营奥斯威辛集中营期间，总理安吉拉·默克尔（Angela Merkel）强调，当时对当时行为的责任是密不可分的。她说，对历史实施的认识是德国民族认同的组成部分。尽管德国纳粹在社会政治话语中的持续性清晰可见，但德国的经验研究已有三十年一再地表明，人们对德国人作为民族社会主义的受害者的看法增加了。德国受害者的可见性（与公开占主导地位的肇事者叙事形成鲜明对比）可以归因于记忆的差异以及有关犯罪和受害者信息的人际传播的差异。但是，很少有研究在经验上检查了德国受害者的看法，从而系统地研究了记忆和转移过程的作用。本项目旨在填补这一空白。在第一系列的实验研究中，信号检测理论将用于检查自己的群体的受害者是否与自己的群体和另一组的受害者的犯罪相比，是否表现出情感上的偏见。在第二个研究中，将使用连续繁殖的范式来检查有关历史事件的叙述在内容和语言上是否有不同的范围，具体取决于自己的群体是否属于受害者或肇事者。该项目的最后一部分解决了激励过程。基于基于需求的模型，我们检查了在前两个部分中检查的记忆和传播偏见是否可以通过实验满足道德恢复的需求来中断。因此，当前的项目旨在阐明以前未经置换的过程，这些过程可能是历史肇事者群体中的集体受害者的基础。