Comparison of Earliest and Later Autobiographical Memories in Young and Middle-Aged Adults

dc.contributor.authorEce, Berivan
dc.contributor.authorDemiray, Burcu
dc.contributor.authorÖner, Sezin
dc.contributor.authorGülgöz, Sami
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-19T13:44:47Z
dc.date.available2020-12-19T13:44:47Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.departmentFakülteler, İktisadi, İdari ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi, Psikoloji Bölümüen_US
dc.description.abstractThe current study examined earliest memories of young and middle-aged adults in comparison to a recent autobiographical memory and a free-report one from any life phase. These three types of memories were compared in terms of their memory characteristics such as vividness, emotionality. importance, confidence, and rehearsal frequency. A total of 319 young (18-30 years) and 112 middle-aged (40-65 years) adults completed the online survey. Results showed that earliest memories were rated either similar to or lower than later memories in their memory characteristics. More specifically. they received lower ratings than free-report memories in all memory characteristics whereas they did not significantly differ from recent memories only in importance and emotionality. In addition, free-report memories were highest in emotionality, importance and rehearsal frequency whereas recent memories were highest in vividness and confidence ratings. Compared to young adults, middle-aged adults provided higher ratings for all memory characteristics in general, and they further recalled earliest memories from an older age. Finally, the order of reporting the three types of memories (earliest memory first versus recent memory first) was examined with respect to its potential influence on memory characteristics and dating of the recalled memories. Results displayed no significant effect of the reporting order on memory characteristics. Dating of the earliest and free-report memories, however, was significantly affected by the reporting order. The mean age for earliest memories was higher when it was retrieved following the recent memory compared to the reporting order in which earliest memories are retrieved and reported first. Overall, results indicated that earliest memories arc not particularly special compared to later memories (e.g.. free-report memories) in terms of their memory characteristics, and they are vulnerable to experimental manipulation such as changing the reporting order just like other types of autobiographical memories.en_US
dc.identifier.citation2
dc.identifier.doi10.26650/SP2018-0037en_US
dc.identifier.endpage78en_US
dc.identifier.issn1304-4680en_US
dc.identifier.issn2602-2982en_US
dc.identifier.issn1304-4680
dc.identifier.issn2602-2982
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/A
dc.identifier.startpage45en_US
dc.identifier.trdizinid357853en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/3598
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.26650/SP2018-0037
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/yayin/detay/357853
dc.identifier.volume39en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000473207300003en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.institutionauthorÖner, Sezinen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIstanbul Univen_US
dc.relation.journalStudies in Psychology-Psikoloji Çalışmaları Dergisien_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectEarliest memoryen_US
dc.subjectAge group differencesen_US
dc.subjectMidlifeen_US
dc.titleComparison of Earliest and Later Autobiographical Memories in Young and Middle-Aged Adultsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication

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