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The Self and Autobiographical Memory: Correspondence and Coherence
Abstract
A modified version of Conway and Pleydell-Pearce's Self Memory System (SMS) account of autobiographical memory and the self is introduced. Modifications include discussion of a fundamental tension between adaptive correspondence (experience-near sensory-perceptual records of goal activity) and self-coherence (a more abstracted and conceptually-rich long-term store of conceptual and remembered knowledge). This tension is examined in relation to each SMS component—the episodic memory system, long-term self, and the working self. The long-term self, a new aspect of the model, consists of the interaction of the autobiographical knowledge base and the conceptual self. The working self, depending on goal activity status, mediates between episodic memory and the long-term self. Applications of the SMS to personality and clinical psychology are provided through analysis of self-defining memories and adult attachment categories, as well as case histories of traumatic memory. The SMS's role in imagination is examined through a brief discussion of Wordsworth's poetry.
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“The theory of autobiographical memory suggests two functions in the forms of adaptive correspondence (i.e., accurate records of experience) and selfcoherence (i.e., the need to be consistent with self-concept; Conway, Singer, & Tagini, 2004).”
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“These two functions are in tension, because selfcoherence distorts experiences and reconstructs them to fit the selfschema.”
From Narcissus locked in the past: vulnerable narcissism and the negative views of the past. (2021) · cites this paper as Conway, Singer, & Tagini, 2004
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Metadata
- Authors
- Conway, M. A., Singer, J. A., & Tagini, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Leeds (GB)
- Connecticut College (US)
- Durham University (GB)
- Venue
- Social Cognition
- Publisher
- Guilford Publications
- Published
- 2004-10
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 491-529
- ISSN
- 0278-016X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2062593487
- Semantic Scholar
- 7dd2c752d9ffaaf0e742ab23382333cb1f2ab8a5
- Cited by
- 897
- References
- 120
- Citations by year
- 2026: 35 · 2025: 39 · 2024: 45 · 2023: 44 · 2022: 55 · 2021: 71 · 2020: 60 · 2019: 50 · 2018: 68 · 2017: 56 · 2016: 35 · 2015: 51 · 2014: 36 · 2013: 46 · 2012: 41
- FWCI
- 25.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Social Cognition (publishedVersion)
- Digital Commons @ Connecticut College (Connecticut College) (submittedVersion)
- BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
- Keywords
- autobiographical memory, self, self-coherence, episodic memory, self-defining memories, adult attachment, traumatic memory, imagination, William Wordsworth
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