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Why are you telling me that? A conceptual model of the social function of autobiographical memory.
Full Abstract
In an effort to stimulate and guide empirical work within a functional framework, this paper provides a conceptual model of the social functions of autobiographical memory (AM) across the lifespan. The model delineates the processes and variables involved when AMs are shared to serve social functions. Components of the model include:
lifespan contextual influences, the qualitative characteristics of memory (emotionality and level of detail recalled), the speaker's characteristics (age, gender, and personality), the familiarity and similarity of the listener to the speaker, the level of responsiveness during the memory-sharing process, and the nature of the social relationship in which the memory sharing occurs (valence and length of the relationship). These components are shown to influence the type of social function served and/or, the extent to which social functions are served. Directions for future empirical work to substantiate the model and hypotheses derived from the model are provided.
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Author information
Author/s: Alea, Nicole (N); Bluck, Susan (S);
Affiliation: Institute on Aging, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611-5911, USA. . nalea@ufl.edu
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal: Memory (Hove, England) (Memory), published in England. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2003-Mar; vol 11 (issue 2) : pp 165-78
Dates: Created 2003/06/24; Completed 2003/09/09; Revised 2004/11/17;
PMID: 12820829, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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