ECOL 182R Study Guide - Frontal Lobe, Childhood Amnesia, Reminiscence Bump
19 Jan 2014
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Autobiographical memory type of memory for information related to oneself. Personal semantics memory for facts related to oneself such as where one was born, what kind of car one drives, how many cousins one has, etc. Self-schema refers to general characteristics related to oneself such as likes and dislikes. Diary method method using cues taken from diary entries to study autobiographical memories. Memory probe methods methods involving cues to elicit autobiographical memories for study. Autobiographical knowledge base facts about ourselves and our past that form the basis for autobiographical memory. Working self our self-schema or knowledge of oneself that is constantly being updated by goals and new experiences. Infantile amnesia refers to the phenomena that people tend to recall relatively few memories from the first 2 to 5 years of life. Life narrative a coherent account of who we are and how we got here that is built up through life.
