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disposition > cognition > language > reminiscing style > high elaborative reminiscing style

Preferred term

high elaborative reminiscing style  

Definition

  • A reminiscence style used by mothers when they often talk to their child about the past by asking many questions, incorporating the child's answers into the construction of the story, encouraging their participation in the conversation, and adding their own comments to the story.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • highly elaborative reminiscing style

Scope note

  • A high elaborative reminiscing style is thought to help children better remember the past and organize their autobiographical narratives.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Fivush, R. (2009). Sociocultural perspectives on autobiographical memory. In M. L. Courage & N. Cowan (Eds.), The development of memory in infancy and childhood (p. 283-301). Psychology Press.

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Fivush, R. (2014). Maternal reminiscing style: The sociocultural construction of autobiographical memory across childhood and adolescence. In P. J. Bauer & R. Fivish (Eds.), The Wiley Handbook on The Development of Children’s Memory (p. 568-585). Wiley.

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Fivush, R., Haden, C. A., & Reese, E. (2023). Parent–child autobiographical reminiscing as a foundation for literacy, memory, and science education. In R. Logie, N. Cowan, S. Gathercole, R. Engle, & Z. Wen (Eds.), Memory in Science for Society: There is nothing as practical as a good theory (pp. 273–294). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192849069.003.0011

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Fivush, R., & Nelson, K. (2004). Culture and language in the emergence of autobiographical memory. Psychological Science, 15(9), 573-577. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.00722.x

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Léonard, C., Geurten, M., & Willems, S. (2020). L’influence du style de réminiscence parentale sur le développement des mémoires autobiographique et épisodique. Revue de neuropsychologie, Volume 12(3), 299‑307. https://doi.org/10.1684/nrp.2020.0586

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Wu, Y., & Jobson, L. (2019). Maternal reminiscing and child autobiographical memory elaboration: A meta-analytic review. Developmental Psychology, 55(12), 2505–2521. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000821

    • Document type: meta-analysis

    • Access: closed

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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