Citation

Wright DB, Nunn JA. Appl. Cogn. Psychol. 2000; 14(5): 479-489.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/1099-0720(200009)14:5<479::AID-ACP688>3.0.CO;2-C

PMID

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Abstract

The organization of autobiographical memory is critical for both theory and application in many areas of psychology. Several theories of autobiographical memory state that memories are nested within higher-order cognitive structures. A procedure developed by Brown and Schopflocher is extended and used to explore similarities of various characteristics within these structures, which they call 'event clusters'. This phrase, event cluster, is used to describe events which cue one another. The purpose of this paper is to explore the similarities of events within the same cluster. We find that memories within a cluster are more likely to be similar with respect to clarity, emotion, importance, happiness and the estimated date in which they occurred compared with events from other clusters. Further, having nearly 1900 memories allows hypotheses about the relationships among clarity, emotion and importance to be examined in a way that is not possible with many other autobiographical data sets. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Language: en