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disposition > cognition > memory > collective memory > transactive memory

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transactive memory  

Definition

  • Form of collective memory in which memories are distributed among the different partners who shared the same experience. Transactive memory therefore reflects a kind of division of labor between members of a group or a couple in the encoding, storage and retrieval of memories, where each person must be able to know who knows what.

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Entry terms

  • transactive memory system

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Peltokorpi, V., & Hood, A. C. (2019). Communication in theory and research on transactive memory systems : A literature review. Topics in Cognitive Science, 11(4), 644‑667. https://doi.org/10.1111/tops.12359

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  • • Wegner, D. M. (1986). Transactive memory: A contemporary analysis of the group mind. In B. Mullen & G. R. Goethals (Eds.), Theories of group behavior (pp. 185-208). Springer-Verlag.

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  • • Wegner, D. M., Giuliano, T., & Hertel, P. (1985). Cognitive interdependence in close relationships. In W. J. Ickes (Ed.), Compatible and incompatible relationships (pp. 253-276). Springer-Verlag.

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Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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