Remembering our Past: Studies in Autobiographical Memory

by Edited by David C. Rubin

• ISBN13: 9780521461450
• ISBN10: 0521461456
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-01-26
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

When David Rubin's Autobiographical Memory came out in 1986, Choice called it "an important book that helps advanced students define a vibrant new approach to memory research". Since then, work on autobiographical memory has matured, and the timing is right for a new overview of the topic in the form of Remembering Our Past, which brings together chapters by leading scientists in the field. The recent move of research in cognitive psychology out of the laboratory makes autobiographical memory appealing, because naturalistic studies can be done while maintaining empirical rigor. Many practical problems fall into the category of autobiographical memory, such as eyewitness testimony, survey research, and clinical syndromes in which there are losses or distortions of memory. Thus, the scope of this book extends beyond psychology into law, medicine, sociology, and literature. Remembering Our Past presents innovative research chapters and general reviews that will appeal to graduate students and researchers in cognitive science and psychology.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Introduction David C. Rubin

Part I. Approaches: 2. What is recollective memory? William F. Brewer

3. Autobiographical knowledge and autobiographical memories Martin A. Conway

4. Autobiographical remembering: narrative constraints on objectified selves Craig R. Barclay

Part II. Accuracy: 5. Time in autobiographical memory Steen F. Larsen, Charles P. Thompson and Tina Hansen

6. The pliability of autobiographical memory: misinformation and the false memory problem Robert F. Belli and Elizabeth F. Loftus

7. Autobiographical memory in court Willem A. Wagenaar

Part III. Emotions: 8. Perspective, meaning, and remembering John A. Robinson

9. Emotional events and emotions in autobiographical memories Sven-Ake Christianson and Martin A. Safer

10. Depression and the specificity of autobiographical memory J. M. G. Williams

Part IV. Social Functions: 11. Remembering as communication: a family recounts its past William Hirst and David Manier

12. Group narrative as the cultural context of autobiography Jerome Bruner and Carol Fleisher Feldman

13. Memories of college: the importance of specific educational episodes David B. Pillemer, Martha L. Picariello, Anneliesa Beebe Law and Jill S. Reichman

Part V. Development and Disruption: 14. Remembering, recounting, and reminiscing: the development of autobiographical memory in social context Robyn Fivush, Catherine Haden and Elaine Reese

15. Intersecting meanings of reminiscence in adult development and aging Joseph M. Fitzgerald

16. Schizophrenic delusion and the construction of autobiographical memory Alan D. Baddeley, Andrew Thornton, Siew Eng Chua and Peter McKenna.