Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

Spring 4-9-2026

Document Type

Dissertation

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

May 2026

Department

Psychology

College Granting Degree

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Department Granting Degree

Psychology

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Alan Kersten

Abstract

The visual perspective we experience events from is particularly important in social settings that are both referenced over time and within areas of importance such as courtroom settings, police interrogations, and workplace evaluations. The current study investigated the effect of visual encoding perspectives (first-person, observer) during valenced social interaction footage on the recognition of old or altered footage (changed perspective, valence, or all new), as well as emotional metamemory judgements for the event. The study also investigated the effect of written narrative perspective of event descriptions (first-person, second-person) on these dependent variables. The experiment revealed a significant effect of encoding perspective on the acceptance of valence changes at retrieval, as well as a memory bias towards an observer perspective. The results suggest that visual perspective has implications for event memory and processing. Relevance in high impact settings such as eyewitness testimony or performance evaluation is discussed.

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