Autobiographical memory

An Autobiographical Memory is a personal representation of general or specific events and personal facts.

Types

 * Specific Events


 * When one first stepped foot in the ocean. On a family trip to California.


 * General Events


 * What it is like stepping into the ocean for oneself generally. This is a memory of what a personal event is generally like. One might have based it on the memories of having stepped in the ocean, many times during the years one lived in California.


 * Personal Facts


 * "Who was the Prime Minister of Canada when I was born?"


 * Flash Bulb Memories


 * Flash Bulb memories are critical Autobiographical Memories about a major event. Some flash bulb memories are shared within a social group and today, much of humanity.


 * "Where were you on 9/11?"
 * "The assassination of John Kennedy?"
 * "The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.?"
 * "The Challenger explosion?"
 * "The verdict in the OJ Simpson trial?"