The development of event clusters in autobiographical memory

• Author / Creator

  Svob, Connie

• 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.
  Children’s 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.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Narratives
  • Event Clusters
  • Autobiographical Memory
  • Child-development

• Graduation date

  Fall 2010

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Master of Science

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3DH5N

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.