Overview

This special issue of the Psychology Press journal Memory spotlights aims to encourage research that uses a functional approach to investigate autobiographical memory (AM) in everyday life. This approach relies on studying cognition, in this case AM, taking into account the psychological, social, or cultural-historic context in which it occurs. Areas of interest include understanding to what ends AM is used by individuals and in social relationships, how it is related to other cognitive abilities and emotional states, and how memory represents our inner and outer world. One insight gained by taking this approach is that levels and types of accuracy need not always be regarded as memory 'failures' but are sometimes integral to a self memory system that serves a variety of meaningful ends of human activity. The papers in this issue include theoretical and empirical work by individuals who have made central contributions to our understanding of memory functions in their programmatic work. Previously hypothesized functions of AM fall into three broad domains: self, social, and directive. Each paper addresses how AM serves one or more of these functions and thereby examines the usefulness and adequacy of this trio.

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Author:   Susan Bluck
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Psychology Press Ltd
Volume:   2
Dimensions:   Width: 20.20cm , Height: 0.50cm , Length: 27.20cm
Weight:   0.230kg
ISBN:  

9781841699356

ISBN 10:   1841699357
Pages:   122
Publication Date:   10 April 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

S. Bluck, Autobiographical Memory: Exploring its Functions in Everyday Life. K. Nelson, Self and Social Functions: Individual Autobiographical Memory and Collective Narrative. A.E. Wilson, M. Ross, The Identity Function of Autobiographical Memory: Time is on Our Side. M. Pasupathi, Emotion Regulation during Social Remembering: Differences between Emotions Elicited during an Event and Emotions Elicited When Talking about It. N. Alea, S. Bluck, Why are You Telling Me That?: A Conceptual Model of the Social Function of Autobiographical Memory. R. Fivush, L.J. Berlin, J. Cassidy, Functions of Parent-child Reminiscing about Emotionally Negative Events. D.B. Pillemer, Directive Functions of Autobiographical Memory: The Guiding Power of the Specific Episode. J.D. Webster, The Reminiscence Circumplex and Autobiographical Memory Functions.

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'The special issue is undoubtedly an adavance toward understanding the field. The prsented ideas are likely to generate lively discussion of how this burgeoning sub-field of memory might move toward greater unity in the coming years.' - Babara Woike, Applied Cognitive Psychology

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