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... > disposition > cognition > memory > long-term memory > declarative memory > autobiographical memory > life script
disposition > cognition > mental representation > schema > life script

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life script  

Definition

  • In autobiographical memory, culturally-shared and prototypical representations of the temporal sequences of major life events.

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Entry terms

  • cultural life script

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Berntsen, D., & Rubin, D. C. (2004). Cultural life scripts structure recall from autobiographical memory. Memory & Cognition, 32(3), 427–442. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03195836

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]
  • • Janssen, S., & Haque, S. (2015). Cultural life scripts in autobiographical memory. In E. Sheppard & S. Haque (Eds.), Culture and cognition : A collection of critical essays (p. 27–44). Peter Lang.

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-R12N42BB-R

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