The prevalence of event clusters in autobiographical memory was examined with
an event-cueing task in two parallel experiments. Event clusters are theoretical
memory structures that bind specific personal events in narrative-like
configurations. Prior research has shown that young adults report fewer event
clusters when cued with childhood events than high school events (Brown,
2005). Experiment 1 tested whether the reduced prevalence of event clusters in
childhood is due to forgetting. Experiment 2 used the same event cueing task
with 4th grade children. Keeping event age constant, children reported a
comparable amount of event clusters to adults recalling childhood events.
Childrens relational judgments between event pairs differed from adults and
may have inflated their responses. Together, these findings suggest that event
clusters are consequences of other cognitive processes implicated in the
development of autobiographical memory.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:AEU.10048/1559 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Svob, Connie |
| Contributors | Brown, Norman (Psychology), Dixon, Peter (Psychology), Nicoladis, Elena (Psychology), Schneider, Phyllis (Speech Pathology and Audiology) |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 405166 bytes, application/pdf |
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