Remembering our Past: Studies in Autobiographical Memory

by Edited by David C. Rubin

• ISBN13: 9780521657235
• ISBN10: 0521657237
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-02-13
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The recent attempt to move 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 distortions of memory. This book's scope extends beyond psychology into law, medicine, sociology, and literature. Work on autobiographical memory has matured since David Rubin's Autobiographical Memory appeared in 1986, and the timing is right for a new overview of the topic. Remembering Our Past presents innovative research chapters and general reviews, covering such topics as emotions, eyewitness memory, false memory syndrome, and amnesia. The volume will appeal to graduate students and researchers in cognitive science and psychology.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	vii
1 Introduction	1	(18)
David C. Rubin
Part I Approaches	19	(110)
2 What is recollective memory?	19	(48)
William F. Brewer
3 Autobiographical knowledge and autobiographical memories	67	(27)
Martin A. Conway
4 Autobiographical remembering: Narrative constraints on objectified selves	94	(35)
Craig R. Barclay
Part II Accuracy	129	(70)
5 Time in autobiographical memory	129	(28)
Steen F. Larsen
Charles P. Thompson
Tia Hansen
6 The pliability of autobiographical memory: Misinformation and the false memory problem	157	(23)
Robert F. Belli
Elizabeth F. Loftus
7 Autobiographical memory in court	180	(19)
Willem A. Wagenaar
Part III Emotions	199	(72)
8 Perspective, meaning, and remembering	199	(19)
John A. Robinson
9 Emotional events and emotions in autobiographical memories	218	(26)
Sven-Ake Christianson
Martin A. Safer
10 Depression and the specificity of autobiographical memory	244	(27)
J. M. G. Williams
Part IV Social functions	271	(70)
11 Remembering as communication: A family recounts its past	271	(20)
William Hirst
David Manier
12 Group narrative as a cultural context of autobiography	291	(27)
Jerome Bruner
Carol Fleisher Feldman
13 Memories of college: The importance of specific educational episodes	318	(23)
David B. Pillemer
Martha L. Picariello
Anneliesa Beebe Law
Jill S. Reichman
Part V Development and disruption	341	(88)
14 Remembering, recounting, and reminiscing: The development of autobiographical memory in social context	341	(19)
Robyn Fivush
Catherine Haden
Elaine Reese
15 Intersecting meanings of reminiscence in adult development and aging	360	(24)
Joseph M. Fitzgerald
16 Schizophrenic delusions and the construction of autobiographical memory	384	(45)
Alan Baddeley
Andrew Thornton
Siew Eng Chua
Peter McKenna
Subject index	429	(8)
Author index	437