AB Knowledge

AB Knowledge

1. General Events

   • specific events, extended events and repeated events
     • can be organised via goal relevance
       • Robinson 1992 - personal experience, reference point for other such events
         • emotional similarity
           • GE consists of generic images - can be used to access perceptual semantic and episodic memories and form detailed ABMs

2. Lifetime Periods

   • less event specific
     • 'first time memories'
       • cue other related memories
         • enduring self-evaluations
           • progress - neg and pos
     • goal attainment
   • Robinson 1992
   • contain reps relevant to that period (like GE)
   • important role in life story

3. Life story

   • Blick and Habermas 2000
   • coherant themes giving meaning to life
     • consists of schema
       • event encapsulation - slots
         • helps evaluate life period and goals - not suited to uni
           • LP evaluations access GE info to provide evidence for such evaluations
       • fixed