PSYCO223 Study Guide - Final Guide: Multilevel Model, Weighing Scale, Childhood Amnesia
6 Dec 2018
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Autobiographical memory in middle age: reminiscence bump, lots of identity-related events happen in early adulthood so that"s why they appear even through adulthood. Introduction: auto bio mem = psychological history of the indiv. Self and the self in the past: cross-cultural diffs. Interdependent: oriented to relations w/ others: reminiscence bump. Aged 35: shows up in free recall and cued recall of autobio. Memories: greater proportion of memories from 10-30 years of life than either earlier or later than that period, reasons for r. b, during this phase, indivs. Establish personal life goals (identity formation: past self is intricately related to present self, possible cultural diffs in rb (and childhood amnesia) In some asian societies, adulthood is reached around 30 yrs when a stable social network (or sense of interdependent self) is established. In many western cultures, childhood and adolescence are over by 18-21 yrs of age: possible cultural diffs in memory content.
