Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Chapter 8: Everyday Memory and
Memory Errors
- Autobiographical Memory (AM)
- Recollected events from a person's past, Mental time travel
- Reminiscence Bump
- The enhanced memory for adolescence and young adulthood
found in people over 40
- Memory is high for recent events, and events between the ages of 10 and 30
- Theory 1
- Self-image hypothesis
- Memory is better for events while self-image is forming
- People self-image usually forms during adolescence and
childhood
- Theory 2
- Cognitive Hypothesis
- Encoding is better during periods of rapid change that are followed by stability
- Theory 3
- Cultural life-script hypothesis
- Each person has: Personal life story and an understanding of culturally expected events
- Personal events are easier to recall when they fit the cultural life script
- Flashbulb Memory
- Memory for circumstances surrounding shocking, highly charged important events