The Me in Memory: The Role of the Self in Autobiographical Memory Development.
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| Title: | The Me in Memory: The Role of the Self in Autobiographical Memory Development. |
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| Authors: | Ross, Josephine (AUTHOR), Hutchison, Jacqui (AUTHOR), Cunningham, Sheila J. (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Child Development. Mar/Apr2020, Vol. 91 Issue 2, pe299-e314. 16p. 1 Diagram, 3 Charts, 1 Graph. |
| Subjects: | Autobiographical memory, Autodidacticism, Infantile amnesia, Theory of knowledge, Self-perception |
| Abstract: | This article tests the hypothesis that self-development plays a role in the offset of childhood amnesia; assessing the importance of both the capacity to anchor a memory to the self-concept, and the strength of the self-concept as an anchor. This research demonstrates for the first time that the volume of 3- to 6-year old's specific autobiographical memories is predicted by both the volume of their self-knowledge, and their capacity for self-source monitoring within self-referencing paradigms (N = 186). Moreover, there is a bidirectional relation between self and memory, such that autobiographical memory mediates the link between self-source monitoring and self-knowledge. These predictive relations suggest that the self-memory system is active in early childhood. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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| Abstract: | This article tests the hypothesis that self-development plays a role in the offset of childhood amnesia; assessing the importance of both the capacity to anchor a memory to the self-concept, and the strength of the self-concept as an anchor. This research demonstrates for the first time that the volume of 3- to 6-year old's specific autobiographical memories is predicted by both the volume of their self-knowledge, and their capacity for self-source monitoring within self-referencing paradigms (N = 186). Moreover, there is a bidirectional relation between self and memory, such that autobiographical memory mediates the link between self-source monitoring and self-knowledge. These predictive relations suggest that the self-memory system is active in early childhood. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00093920 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/cdev.13211 |
