Type
Text
Type
Dissertation
Advisor
Luhmann, Christian | Rajaram, Suparna | Moyer, Anne | Lutterbie, John.
Date
2012-05-01
Keywords
Collaborative Recall, Collective Memory, Memory, Retrieval Organization | Cognitive psychology--Experimental psychology--Psychology
Department
Department of Experimental Psychology
Language
en_US
Source
This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/11401/71188
Publisher
The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
Format
application/pdf
Abstract
Cognitive research on human memory has primarily focused on how individuals form and maintain memories across time. However, less is known about how groups of people working together can create and maintain shared memories of the past. Such "collective memories" common to all people have been theorized to play a role in the emergence and persistence of a strong cultural identity within groups. Empirical research has been focused on understanding the processes behind the formation of such collective memories, but virtually none has investigated the structure of collective memory. This dissertation examined the extent to which the strength of individual and shared memory structure relates to the formation of collective memory and its persistence over time. Results indicate that both collective memory formation and its persistence over time are strongly tied to the amount of shared organization that develops among individuals, particularly among those who have collaborated with each other to reconstruct the past. | 77 pages
Recommended Citation
Congleton, Adam, "The Influence of Retrieval Organization on the Formation and Persistence of Collective Memory" (2012). Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions). 395.
https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/stony-brook-theses-and-dissertations-collection/395