PSYC 221 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Episodic Memory, Autobiographical Memory, Reminiscence Bump

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Autobiographical memory (am): memory for dated events in a person"s life. Autobiographical memory is usually considered to be a type of episodic memory. Recent memories can contain episodic memory, but most long ago memories contain only semantic memory. Reminiscence bump: the empirical finding that people over 40 years old have enhanced memory for events from adolescence and early adulthood, compared to other periods of their lives. Self-image hypothesis: memory is enhanced for events that occur as a person"s self-image or life identity is being formed. Cognitive hypothesis: periods of rapid change that are followed by stability cause stronger encoding of memories. Cultural life script hypothesis: the idea that events in a person"s life story become easier to recall when they fit the cultural life script for that person"s culture. Flashbulb memory: a person"s memory for the circumstances surrounding hearing about shocking, highly charged events. Not the event itself, but thinks like how you heard about it, where you were, etc.

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