Autobiographical Memory and Culture

Wang, Qi

doi:10.9707/2307-0919.1047

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“…In turn, these self-goals modulate how we remember our experiences. These findings have made critical contributions to general cognitive theories of the remembering process (Conway & Pleydell-Pearce, 2000; Wang & Conway, 2006). …”

Section: Assumption 1: Cultural Psychology Is Only About Finding Groumentioning

confidence: 82%

Why Should We All Be Cultural Psychologists? Lessons From the Study of Social Cognition

Wang

2016

Perspect Psychol Sci

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I call the attention of psychologists to the pivotal role of cultural psychology in extending and enriching research programs. I argue that it is not enough to simply acknowledge the importance of culture, and urge psychologists to practice cultural psychology in their research. I deconstruct five assumptions about cultural psychology that seriously undermine its contribution to the building of a true psychological science, including that cultural psychology 1) is only about finding group differences; 2) does not care about group similarities; 3) only concerns group-level analysis; 4) is irrelevant to basic psychological processes; and 5) is only to confirm the generalizability of theories. I discuss how cultural psychology can provide unique insights into psychological processes and further equip researchers with additional tools to understand human behavior. Drawing lessons from the 20 years of cultural research that my colleagues and I have done on the development of social cognition, including autobiographical memory, future thinking, self, and emotion knowledge, I demonstrate that incorporating cultural psychology into a research program is not only necessary but also feasible.

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Section: Assumption 1: Cultural Psychology Is Only About Finding Groumentioning

confidence: 82%

Why Should We All Be Cultural Psychologists? Lessons From the Study of Social Cognition

Wang

2016

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“…Asians also anticipated greater upward changes after recalling a past family dispute; this more optimistic view of family relations may reflect the great emphasis on family interdependence among Asians (Markus & Kitayama, 1991). These findings suggest the importance of self-goals and motivation, saturated in culture, in shaping personal event construction (Conway & PleydellPearce, 2000;Wang, 2006;Wang & Conway, 2006).…”

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Is the future always brighter than the past? Anticipation of changes in the personal future after recall of past experiences

Wang

Gould

Hou

2014

Memory

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People tend to hold an optimistic view of their futures. Using a novel paradigm to examine the anticipated change from the personal past to the personal future, we found that the future was not always perceived as brighter than the past. College students (N = 156) recalled positive and negative personal events of various situations. Following each recall, they imagined a future personal event involving the same situation. Participants expected over half of the events to change in either upward or downward directions, depending on the valence of the past events. In addition, participants anticipated greater changes in domains of less stability, and Asians anticipated greater changes than European Americans. Anticipated future changes were further associated with psychological well-being. The findings shed new light on future event simulation.

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“…An exception is attachment: adults classified as having secure attachment representations have earlier access to childhood memories (Main, Kaplan, & Cassidy, 1985) while those with avoidant attachment have poorer memory of emotional events (Fraley, Garner, & Shaver, 2000). Furthermore, young adults rating themselves as securely attached provide more early memories than do those who rate themselves as having a dismissing or preoccupied attachment style (Wang & Conway, 2006). This was found cross‐culturally in samples from the USA, England, Russia, and China.…”

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Parent–child relationship quality and infantile amnesia in adults

Peterson

Nguyen

2010

British J of Psychology

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The first years of life are typically shrouded by infantile amnesia, but there is enormous variability between adults in how early and how much they can remember from this period. This study examined one possible factor affecting this variability: whether the perceived quality of parent-child relationships is associated with the number of early memories young adults can retrieve, and their age at the time of their first memory. We found such associations but they were qualified by parent gender. Mother-child relationships that were more affectively intense (greater social support but also more negative interchanges) were associated with recalling more early memories, although paternal companionship was most associated with how early an individual's first memory was. Affective tone of retrieved memories was also assessed, and a greater proportion of affectively positive memories (as well as fewer affectively neutral memories for males) was associated with high parental involvement in children's lives.

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Autobiographical Memory and Culture

Cited by 23 publications

References 43 publications

Why Should We All Be Cultural Psychologists? Lessons From the Study of Social Cognition

Why Should We All Be Cultural Psychologists? Lessons From the Study of Social Cognition

Is the future always brighter than the past? Anticipation of changes in the personal future after recall of past experiences

Parent–child relationship quality and infantile amnesia in adults

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