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Autobiographic memory is a major research area within cognitive science which is itself a movement in psychology. 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?"
See also
Bibliography
Key Texts – Books
Additional material – Books
Key Texts – Papers
- Singer, J A & Bluck, S (2001). Autobiographical Memory.Review of General Psychology.Volume 5, #2, June. Special Issue
Additional material - Papers
External links
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