PSYC 3430H Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Autobiographical Memory, Episodic Memory, Johan Wagenaar

• School: Trent University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3430H
• Professor: Nader Rebecca

Document Summary

Memories held regarding ourselves and our relationships with the. Bonding people together or separating them and future behaviours. Remembering pleasant times when thing"s aren"t so pleasant. Found that autobiographical memories actually serve a variety of overlapping purposes including; Are aware of the different functions of their memories o. Participants asked to record events in a diary at set intervals. Memory for items recorded in this manner are not representative of memory in general. Entries you choose to write down are chosen because they are more meaningful. All forms of the diary method require dedicated reliable participants. Providing participants with a beeper and having it o randomly going off. Conway et al; prompted alternative ones . Record events and thoughts in a diary when randomly. Remembered if it was accompanied by a feeling of recollecting the initial experience . Known if the memory was only familiar to them, without recollection . True events were more likely to be recollected than.