Memory in Everyday Life

✍ Scribed by Graham M. Davies and Robert H. Logie (Eds.)

• Publisher: Elsevier, Academic Press
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 569
• Series: Advances in Psychology 100
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The last decade has seen a major growth in research on how memory is used in everyday life. This volume represents a reaction to traditional laboratory-bound studies of the first half of the century which sought to identify the fundamental principles of learning and memory through the use of materials and methods totally divorced from the real world. The new wave of memory research has had considerable success in charting how memory develops, the role it plays in educational and social skills and the impact of memory impairment on mental life. The current volume consists of authoritative reviews of this emerging area linked to comment and criticism from major researchers in the field.Contrasted, probably for the first time, are two major styles of research in applied memory research: The naturalistic approach, which has sought to study memory in everyday environments, using actual experiences from people's lives as the raw data from which to derive more general principles, and the applied cognitive approach, whereby theories and methods are developed using orthodox laboratory techniques which are then validated by applying them directly to real phenomena. This is one of the few books to bring together evidence across the very wide spectrum of humdrum activity that constitutes the everyday uses of memory.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
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Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Preface
Page v

List of Contributors
Pages xi-xiii

Introduction Original Research Article
Pages 1-9
Graham Davies, Robert Logie

Chapter 1 A Tale of Two Settings: Young Children'S Memory Performance in The Laboratory and The Field Original Research Article
Pages 13-41
Lynne Baker-Ward, Peter A. Ornstein, Betty N. Gordon

Chapter 1 Commentary: On the Collection of Data Original Research Article
Pages 42-46
John Morton

Chapter 1 Commentary: Memory and Meaning in The Laboratory and the Field Original Research Article
Pages 47-54
Robyn Fivush

Chapter 1 Rejoinder: Meaning, Data, and the Diagnosis of Cognitive Competence Original Research Article
Pages 55-57
Lynne Baker-Ward, Peter A. Ornstein, Betty N. Gordon

Chapter 2 The Role of Memory in Learning to Read, Write and Spell: A Review of Recent Research Original Research Article
Pages 59-77
Rhona S. Johnston

Chapter 2 Commentary: Memory and Reading: Associated or Dissociated? Original Research Article
Pages 78-84
Philip H.K. Seymour

Commentary: Strategies for Learning and Instruction Original Research Article
Pages 85-90
Linda S. Siegel

Chapter 3 Fuzzy Memory and Mathematics in The Classroom Original Research Article
Pages 91-119
Valerie F. Reyna, Charles J. Brainerd

Chapter 3 Commentary: Mathematical Cognition and Fuzzy-Trace Theory Original Research Article
Pages 120-128
Graham J. Hitch

Commentary: Counting on Mathematics in Everyday Life Original Research Article
Pages 129-133
Robert H. Logie

Chapter 4 Slips and Errors in Learning Complex Tasks Original Research Article
Pages 137-159
Dianne C. Berry

Chapter 4 Commentary: Environment versus Cognitions Original Research Article
Pages 160-166
Willem A. Wagenaar

Commentary: Slips and Errors on Learning Complex Tasks Original Research Article
Pages 167-171
Dietrich Dörner

Chapter 5 Working Memory in Everyday Cognition Original Research Article
Pages 173-218
Robert H. Logie

Commentary: Developing the Model of Working Memory Original Research Article
Pages 219-230
John T.E. Richardson

Commentary: Ecological Perspectives of Working Memory Original Research Article
Pages 231-239
Moshe Naveh–Benjamin

Chapter 6 The Structure of Memory Performance in Experts: Implications for Memory in Everyday Life Original Research Article
Pages 241-272
K. Anders Ericsson, Nancy Pennington

Commentary: Expertise and Extended Memory Original Research Article
Pages 273-277
K.J. Gilhooly

Chapter 6 Commentary: Hardware, Software, and Goal Maintenance Original Research Article
Pages 278-282
Neil Charness

Chapter 7 Remembering Ourselves Original Research Article
Pages 285-309
Craig R. Barclay

Chapter 10. Commentary: Memory of Schemata, Details and Selves Original Research Article
Pages 310-315
Steen F. Larsen

Chapter 7. Commentary: Memory, Self and Story Original Research Article
Pages 316-320
John A. Robinson

Rejoinder: Reflections on Professors Robinson's and Larsen's Comments Original Research Article
Pages 321-323
Craig R. Barclay

Chapter 8 Recognising Friends and Acquaintances Original Research Article
Pages 325-350
Andrew W. Young

Commentary: Dimensions of Facial Appearance Original Research Article
Pages 351-359
Vicki Bruce

Chapter 8 Commentary: Accessing Identity Information Original Research Article
Pages 360-366
Bob Johnston

Chapter 9 Witnessing Events Original Research Article
Pages 367-401
Graham Davies

Chapter 9 Commentary: The Theory Behind Witnessing Events, and the Practice Original Research Article
Pages 402-407
Elizabeth F. Loftus

Chapter 9 Commentary: On Aging Witnesses and Earwitnesses Original Research Article
Pages 408-415
A. Daniel Yarmey

Chapter 10 Memory and Ageing Original Research Article
Pages 419-438
Gillian Cohens

Commentary: The Maze in the Garden Original Research Article
Pages 439-446
Leonard W. Poon, T.S. Eliot

Commentary: Is Memory Something We Have or Something We Do? Original Research Article
Pages 447-460
Elizabeth A.L. Stine

Chapter 11 Coping with Memory Impairment Original Research Article
Pages 461-481
Barbara Wilson

Chapter 11 Commentary: Memory Rehabilitation for Neurological Patients Original Research Article
Pages 482-488
Narinder Kapur

Commentary: Some Guidelines on Memory Rehabilitation Original Research Article
Pages 489-495
Andrew Mayes

Chapter 12 Method and Meaning in Memory Research Original Research Article
Pages 499-524
Martin A. Conway

Commentary: Faith and Skepticism in Memory Research Original Research Article
Pages 525-531
Robert G. Crowder

Chapter 12 Commentary: Holy war or Wholly Unnecessary? Some Thoughts on the “Conflict” Between Laboratory Studies and Everyday Memory Original Research Article
Pages 532-536
Alan Baddeley

Author Index
Pages 537-549

Subject Index
Pages 551-554