Exploring the functions of autobiographical memory: Why do I remember the autumn?

By Susan Bluck, Nicole Alea. 2002

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Functions of Memory Sharing and Mother-Child Reminiscing Behaviors: Individual and Cultural Variations (2009, background): “…has shown that adults generally consider memory sharing to be a useful activity and report using autobiographical memories for specific purposes that are often categorized into three broad classes: social, directive, and self (Bluck, 2003; Bluck & Alea, 2002; Bluck, Alea, Habermas, & Rubin, 2005).”
Reminiscence and mental health: a review of recent progress in theory, research and interventions (2010, background): “Bluck and Alea (2002) also tried to reduce the number of functions using theory.”
I'll keep you in mind: the intimacy function of autobiographical memory (2007, methodology): “Researchers interested in the functions of AM suggest two conceptualizations of function: use and adaptation (Bluck & Alea, 2002; Bruce, 1989).”
Functions of remembering and misremembering emotion (2009, unknown): “Human beings are ‘cultural animals’ who process and retain much more complex social knowledge than social animals – knowledge that helps them survive, reproduce, and raise offspring (Baumeister, 2005; Bluck & Alea, 2002; Webster & Gould, 2007).”
Mother–Child Conversations of Emotionally Salient Events: Exploring the Functions of Emotional Reminiscing in European-American and Chinese Families (2005, background): “They may further differ in systematic ways across cultures that reflect specific cultural variations in the functions that parent–child reminiscing serves, namely, self-defining, social or relational, and emotional regulation (Bluck & Alea, 2002; Fivush et al., 2003; Wang, 2004a).”
Thinking and talking about the past: Why remember? (2009, methodology): “The general answer is that individuals remember because memories serve important psychosocial functions (Bluck & Alea, 2002; Neisser, 1978; Pillemer, 1992, 1998).”
A Tale of Three Functions: The Self-Reported Uses of Autobiographical Memory. (2005, methodology): “…the theoretical claim that there are directive, self, and social functions of AM is widespread in the AM literature, but is a relatively new assertion (see Bluck & Alea, 2002; Cohen, 1998; Pillemer, 1992) that is often implicit, not explicit, and that has been tested in very few empirical studies.”