PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Reminiscence Bump, Autobiographical Memory, Episodic Memory
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Key themes: structure vs. function, bottom-up vs. top-down processing --> top-down: big influence on what we remember. Memories about ourselves that consist of episodic and semantic memories. Episodic: active character in memory --> involved in the event or scene. If just witnessing --> not autobiographic we have to be involved in it --> we are active --> we are doing things --> autobiographic not passive --> not witnessing --> episodic. Researchers are concerned with quality not quantity --> as with ltm (autobiographical memories is a form of ltm) Reminiscence bump is observed for preferences and self-reported important world events. Semantic: remember better for who won world-series / academy award for their twenties than a few years ago --> but it is mundane and not that important --> Memories of life events tends to peak in adolescence or early adulthood this is known as the reminiscence bump. Memory for that period tend to be positive memories --> good old days .
