Memory in mind and culture
Provides answers about human memory and its role in making us who we are and societies who they are.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Cambridge [u.a.]
Cambridge University Press
2009
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| In: | Year: 2009 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Memory
/ Collective memory
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| Further subjects: | B
Cognition and culture
B Oral Tradition B Memory Social aspects B Electronic books B Recollection (Psychology) B Collective Memory |
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| Summary: | Provides answers about human memory and its role in making us who we are and societies who they are. Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part 1: In Mind, Culture, and History: A Special Perspective -- 1 What Are Memories For? Functions of Recall in Cognition and Culture -- Memory Is for the Present - So Why Memories? -- Episodic Memory and Time Travel -- Autobiographical Memory from Phenomenological Records -- Memories for the Self -- Memories for Social Groups -- Collective Past and Individual Coalitions -- Memory as a Tool? -- Memory and Foresight -- Case-Based Reasoning and Inferential Scope -- Social and Epistemic Vigilance -- Beyond Memory: The Adaptiveness of Imagination -- Memories as Constraints? -- Conclusion: The Long March to Functional Accounts -- References -- Part II: How Do Memories Construct Our Past? -- References -- 2 Networks of Autobiographical Memories -- An Introduction to Autobiographical Memory Research -- Memory Networks -- Constructing a Memory -- Autobiographical Memory Networks -- The Self Function of Autobiographical Memory -- Childhood Amnesia and the reminiscence bump -- Autobiographical Memories, the Self, and Society -- Cultural Influences on the Self-Memory Relationship -- Conclusions: Memory Self Networks -- References -- 3 Cultural Life Scripts and Individual Life Stories -- The Theoretical Background -- What Is a Life Script? -- The Content of Life Scripts -- How Life Scripts May Structure Recall from Autobiographical Memory -- Studying Life Scripts and Autobiographical Memory in Adults -- Cultural Life Scripts and the Development of Personal Life Stories -- Measures -- Findings -- Summary and Concluding Comments -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 4 Specificity of Memory: Implications for Individual and Collective Remembering -- Priming: Lessons from Specificity Effects -- Response Specificity -- Implications for Mechanisms of Priming. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 052176078X |