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Autobiographical reasoning: Arguing and narrating from a biographical perspective
Author(s) -
Habermas Tilmann
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cd.285
Subject(s) - autobiographical memory , narrative , psychology , perspective (graphical) , personality , situated , cognition , identity (music) , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , recall , social psychology , aesthetics , linguistics , computer science , philosophy , artificial intelligence , neuroscience
Autobiographical reasoning is the activity of creating relations between different parts of one's past, present, and future life and one's personality and development. It embeds personal memories in a culturally, temporally, causally, and thematically coherent life story. Prototypical autobiographical arguments are presented. Culture and socializing interactions shape the development of autobiographical reasoning especially in late childhood and adolescence. Situated at the intersection of cognitive and narrative development and autobiographical memory, autobiographical reasoning contributes to the development of personality and identity, is instrumental in efforts to cope with life events, and helps to create a shared history. © Wiley Periodicals, Inc.