Autobiographical memory : an introduction
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Autobiographical memory : an introduction
Open University Press, 1990
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Note
Bibliography: p. [187]-195
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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pbk. ISBN 9780335098484
Description
This book presents the current state of knowledge on autobiographical memory. It begins by defining the topic and reviewing the early research including that by Bartlett, Freud and Galton. It moves on to consider the role of chronology; the relationship between the self and autobiographical memory; and how we retrieve it. It then explores how autobiographical memory develops in children, how it declines in old age, and how it can be impaired in, for instance the clinically depressed. Finally, the author draws together the various aspects of theory outlined, attempts to synthesize these into a summary model, and poses questions for future research.
Table of Contents
Part 1 Identifying autobiographical memory
types of memories
types of autobiographical memories
are autobiographivcal memories "true"?
what do autobiographical memories represent?
summary - characteristics of autobiographical memories
Part 2 The early theorists
Ribot - a vision in time
Galton
cueing autobiographical memory
Freud - the past as dictator
Bartlett - reconstructing the past
the early experimentalists
the modern agenda
Part 3 The time of your life
sampling memory - Galton's original data
short lives - sampling the memory age distributions of young people
long lives - sampling the memory age distributions of older people
the distribution of memory ages across the life-span, reconsidered
memory age distributions from short, and verifiable, time periods
sampling structured time periods - the school year
dating by landmarks
the process of dating
summary - memory retrieval and memory dating
Part 4 Vivid memories
flashbulb memories
criticisms of the "flashbulb" memory concept
veridicality and the determinants of flashbulb memories
flashbulb memories - a special class of memories?
the role of emotion in vivid memory formation
conclusions - characteristics of flashbulb, and vivid, memories
Part 5 Emotions and the "self"
emotion and autobiographical memory
the self and autobiographical memory
self-knowledge
summary - emotion and personal significance
Part 6 Organization in autobiographical memory
computational models of event knowledge
the structure of autobiographical memory
life themes
theoretical aspects of structure - "the past is another country"
summary - the organization of autobiographical memory
Part 7 Remembering the past - the process of retrieval
the generate-search-verify model
recency, categories and images
single-case studies
events and thoughts
conclusions - retrieval of specific memories
Part 8 The development and decline of autobiographical memory
the development of autobiographical memory - childhood amnesia
Freud and the repression of the past
knowledge structures and the emergence of autobiographical memories
autobiographical memory in old age
the decline of autobiographical memory
the meaning of life
Part 9 The impairment of autobiographical memory
amnesia
impairments of "public" knowledge
impairments of autobiographical memory
methodological note
living with amnesia
autobiographical memory in depression
Part 10 Autobiographical memory and cognition
aspects of autobiographical memory
facts, concepts and memories
learning, problem-solving and explanation
what is an autobiographical memory?
conclusions
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ISBN 9780335098491
Description
This book presents the current state of knowledge on autobiographical memory. It begins by defining the topic and reviewing the early research including that by Bartlett, Freud and Galton. It moves on to consider the role of chronology; the relationship between the self and autobiographical memory; and how we retrieve it. It then explores how autobiographical memory develops in children, how it declines in old age, and how it can be impaired in, for instance the clinically depressed. Finally, the author draws together the various aspects of theory outlined, attempts to synthesize these into a summary model, and poses questions for future research.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Identifying autobiographical memory: types of memories
- types of autobiographical memories
- are autobiographivcal memories "true"?
- what do autobiographical memories represent?
- summary - characteristics of autobiographical memories. Part 2 The early theorists: Ribot - a vision in time
- Galton: cueing autobiographical memory
- Freud - the past as dictator
- Bartlett - reconstructing the past
- the early experimentalists
- the modern agenda. Part 3 The time of your life: sampling memory - Galton's original data
- short lives - sampling the memory age distributions of young people
- long lives - sampling the memory age distributions of older people
- the distribution of memory ages across the life-span, reconsidered
- memory age distributions from short, and verifiable, time periods
- sampling structured time periods - the school year
- dating by landmarks
- the process of dating
- summary - memory retrieval and memory dating. Part 4 Vivid memories: flashbulb memories
- criticisms of the "flashbulb" memory concept
- veridicality and the determinants of flashbulb memories
- flashbulb memories - a special class of memories?
- the role of emotion in vivid memory formation
- conclusions - characteristics of flashbulb, and vivid, memories. Part 5 Emotions and the "self": emotion and autobiographical memory
- the self and autobiographical memory
- self-knowledge
- summary - emotion and personal significance. Part 6 Organization in autobiographical memory: computational models of event knowledge
- the structure of autobiographical memory
- life themes
- theoretical aspects of structure - "the past is another country"
- summary - the organization of autobiographical memory. Part 7 Remembering the past - the process of retrieval: the generate-search-verify model
- recency, categories and images
- single-case studies
- events and thoughts
- conclusions - retrieval of specific memories. Part 8 The development and decline of autobiographical memory: the development of autobiographical memory - childhood amnesia
- Freud and the repression of the past
- knowledge structures and the emergence of autobiographical memories
- autobiographical memory in old age
- the decline of autobiographical memory
- the meaning of life. Part 9 The impairment of autobiographical memory: amnesia
- impairments of "public" knowledge
- impairments of autobiographical memory
- methodological note
- living with amnesia
- autobiographical memory in depression. Part 10 Autobiographical memory and cognition: aspects of autobiographical memory
- facts, concepts and memories
- learning, problem-solving and explanation
- what is an autobiographical memory?
- conclusions.
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