Citation

Goldsmith LR, Pillemer DB. Appl. Cogn. Psychol. 1988; 2(4): 273-286.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/acp.2350020405

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This study examined personal memories of statements spoken in everyday contexts. Eighty college students completed a questionnaire in which they recounted the first spoken statement to come to mind, and statements made by a parent, teacher, sibling and friend. Respondents also provided information about the speakers and the circumstances of transmission. Content analyses identified six primary statement types: rules, evaluations, speaker information, pronouncements, unusual phrases and everyday speech. The incidence of different statement types varied across speakers. Memorability of a specific verbalization appears to be related to the statement's communicative function, the listener's reactions to the utterance, the speaker's gender, and the relationship between the speaker and the listener.

Language: en