PSYC 3330 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Inferior Frontal Gyrus, Amygdala, Psychogenic Amnesia
15 Apr 2016
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Memory across the lifespan for both specific events and self-related information. Memories we hold regarding ourselves and our interaction with the world around us. It almost certainly depends on the episodic and semantic memory systems. The role that it plays in our lives differs in interesting and important ways from other functions of memory. Four functions: directive functions (e. g. what happened last time you tried to change a tire) Social function (e. g. sharing can be unpleasant and socially supportive activity) Self-representation (e. g. use items to bring back childhood: helps cope with adversity (e. g. mood-congruent memories) Hyman and faries found that it is often not used to solve problems, but sharing of experience and passing on advice was more common. Found a distinction between memories used for internally self-related functions and those used in interacting with others, but still little evidence of direct use. Use diaries in which participants record events, and subsequently try to remember them.
