ABM across the lifespan

ABM across the lifespan

1. The Working Self:

   • Conway 1977
   • goal hierarchy which governs what is relevant; active goals and self conception
   • emphasis on the role of the self in what gets remembered
     • self defining moments
   • develops when infant becomes self aware

2. Lifespan Retrieval Curve

   • Childhood amnesia, Fivush 1996
     • Salient ABM in infancy 0-5 years but not remembered in adulthood
       • Conway and Pleydell Pearce
         • changes to WS goal hierarchy - infancy goals different to adult goals - inaccessible
   • Remeniscence bump, 10-30
     • period of most salient memories
       • observed in free recall
         • giving them dates can make it difficult to become 'unstuck'
           • more vivid rather than preferential
     • IDIOSYNCRATIC
       • define identity
     • C&PP - enduring relation to self - binds WS to reality
   • Recency
     • better at remembering recent than old ABMs
       • longer retention - subject to decay
         • can be retrieved in experiments
           • bias of access rather than forgetting
             • related to self relevance and WS goal hierarchy