TY - JOUR
AU - Pasupathi, Monisha
AB - This article examines conversational recounting about experiences as a potential mechanism by which people socially construct themselves and their worlds over the life span and the resulting implications for understanding adult development. Two principles governing conversational recounting of past events are proposed: coconstruction (the joint influences of speakers and contexts on conversational reconstructions of past events) and consistency (the influence of a conversational reconstruction on subsequent memory). Operating together, the principles provide an account for how autobiographical memory is socially constructed. In addition, the principles may illuminate how conversations about the past can influence the development of identity in adulthood.
TI - The Social Construction of the Personal Past and Its Implications for Adult Development
JF - Psychological Bulletin
DO - 10.1037/0033-2909.127.5.651
DA - 2001-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-psychological-association/the-social-construction-of-the-personal-past-and-its-implications-for-D6OIxWH1im
SP - 651
EP - 672
VL - 127
IS - 5
DP - DeepDyve
ER -