Tiêu đề Module 2 - Autobiographical and Flashbulb memories .pdf ✅

8/13/25 3 Autobiographical memories Barsalou (1988) Stopped people on campus at Emory University during fall semester Asked Ps to describe specific events involved in during preceding summer. Results • Only 21% of the recollections collected categorized as specific recollections. • Almost 1/3rd recollections - “summarized events” (statements that referred to two or more events of a certain kind) • Also reported “extended events” (a single event lasting longer than a day) • Even when deliberate attempts to elicit specific event recollections were made, Ps still tended to report extended or summarized events. Galotti 76 Autobiographical memories Brewer’s research Beeper (randomly beeps – once every 2 hours) Fill card with info about the event when the beeper went off Report the time and their location, actions, and thoughts Complete rating scales - Event frequency, pleasantness, trivial/significant Private events – occasionally not recorded (under-sampled) Tested random set of items initially described Multi-week experiment Participants: 8 UG students Also record most memorable events of each day Tested after data acquisition and 21⁄2 months later and 41⁄2 months later DATA ACQUISITION PHASE RECALL Reference: Galotti 77