autobiographical memory

autobiographical memory

1. The Working self

   • Goals hierachy
   • Self- concept
   • Retrieval mode

2. Function of AM

   • sense of self
   • Database of self
   • Integrate with others
   • Continuity of experiences
   • bind to reality

3. AM across the lifespan

   • Lifespan retrieval curve
     • 1.Childhood amnesia
     • 2.The reminiscence bump
       • The Novelty hypothesis ( Rubin)
       • The self-defining hypothesis ( Conway and Pleydell-Pearce)
     • 3.Recency

4. Autobiographical knowledge

   • lifetime periods
     • Goal attainment
     • life story
     • schema
     • partonomic knowledge

5. episodic and semantic memory

   • recolective experience

6. Constructing AM

   • Generative retrieval
   • Direct retrieval

7. AM in DISTRESS

   • PTSD
     • Traumatic event
     • Response at time of trauma
     • Psychological symptoms
       • Re- experiencing symptoms (also intrusive memories)
       • Avoidance symptoms
         • Amnesia as avoidance
         • Hyperarousal symptoms
     • impact of symptoms
     • The nature of intrusive trauma memories