Autobiographical Memory Specificity Predicts Social Problem-Solving Ability in Old and Young Adults

2007 ◽  
Vol 60 (9) ◽  
pp. 1275-1288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Beaman ◽  
Dolores Pushkar ◽  
Sarah Etezadi ◽  
Dorothea Bye ◽  
Michael Conway
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Autobiographical Memory ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Social Problem Solving ◽  
Cued Recall ◽  
Younger Adults ◽  
Memory Specificity ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Problem Solving Task

Based on recent research with young, depressed adults, age-related cognitive declines and decreased autobiographical specificity were hypothesized to predict poorer social problem-solving ability in older than in younger healthy adults. Priming autobiographical memory (ABM) was hypothesized to improve social problem-solving performance for older adults. Subsequent to cognitive tests, old and young participants’ specific ABMs were tested using a cued recall task, followed by a social problem-solving task. The order of the tasks was counterbalanced to test for a priming effect. Autobiographical specificity was related to cognitive ability and predicted social problem-solving ability for both age groups. However, priming of ABM did not improve social problem-solving ability for older or younger adults. This study provides support for the hypothesis that autobiographical memory serves a directive function across the life-span.

Autobiographical Memory and Social Problem-solving in Asperger Syndrome

2006 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorna Goddard ◽  
Patricia Howlin ◽  
Barbara Dritschel ◽  
Trishna Patel
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Asperger Syndrome ◽  
Autobiographical Memory ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Social Problem Solving

Person-Based Social Problem Solving Among 10-, 14- and 16-Year-Olds

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
László Kasik
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Social Behaviour ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Social Problem Solving ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Problem Orientation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Negative Problem Orientation ◽  
Positive Problem Orientation

This cross-sectional research focused on social problem solving (SPS) as a field within social behaviour among Hungarian 10-, 14-, and 16-year-olds (N = 459) in connection with people who considerably affect one's SPS (mothers, fathers, teachers, peers). We used the Social Problem Solving Inventory — Revised (SPSI–R; D'Zurilla, Nezu, & Maydeu-Olivares, 2002; factors: PPO = Positive Problem Orientation; NPO = Negative Problem Orientation; RPS = Rational Problem Solving; I = Impulsivity; A = Avoidance) as a measurement. The content of the original questionnaire has not been changed; the only applied modification concerns the instruction of being person-based when filling in the questionnaire. Based on the results, mothers’ and children's opinion were quite similar in all age groups. Fathers believed that RPS and PPO are more typical, contrary to their children's standpoint (only among 16-year-olds). The teachers saw fewer differences between pupils in terms of their SPS as they spent more years together. In light of the collected data, person-based SPS differs mainly in terms of NPO and A.

Virtual Reality Social Problem-Solving Task

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerri Hanten ◽  
Lori Cook ◽  
Kimberley Orsten ◽  
Sandra B. Chapman ◽  
Xiaoqi Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Social Problem Solving ◽  
Problem Solving Task

scholarly journals Reduced specificity of autobiographical memory: A mediator between rumination and ineffective social problem-solving in major depression?

2005 ◽  
Vol 87 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 331-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filip Raes ◽  
Dirk Hermans ◽  
J. Mark G. Williams ◽  
Koen Demyttenaere ◽  
Bernard Sabbe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Major Depression ◽  
Autobiographical Memory ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Social Problem Solving

Looking the same, but remembering differently: Preserved eye-movement synchrony with age during movie-watching

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Davis ◽  
Emily Chemnitz ◽  
Tyler K. Collins ◽  
Linda Geerligs ◽  
Karen L. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Eye Movement ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Neural Activity ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Cued Recall ◽  
False Information ◽  
Younger Adults ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Movement Synchrony

Naturalistic stimuli (e.g., movies) provide the opportunity to study lifelike experiences in the lab. While young adults respond to these stimuli in a highly synchronized manner (as indexed by intersubject correlations [ISC] in their neural activity), older adults respond more idiosyncratically. Here, we examine whether eye movement synchrony (eye-ISC) also declines with age during movie-watching and whether it relates to memory for the movie. Our results show no age-related decline in eye-ISC, suggesting that age differences in neural ISC are not caused by differences in viewing patterns. Both age groups recalled the same number of episodic details from the movie, however, older adults recalled more semantic and false information. In both age groups, more recall of false information related to lower eye-ISC. Finally, older adults showed better cued-recall than younger adults across event boundaries, suggesting that older adults may form broader associations across events when encoding everyday experiences.

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