How to Tell a Life: The Development of the Cultural Concept of Biography

Autor/in	Habermas, Tilmann
Titel	How to Tell a Life: The Development of the Cultural Concept of Biography
Quelle	In: Journal of Cognition and Development, 8 (2007) 1, S.1-31 (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1524-8372
Schlagwörter	Self Concept; Personal Narratives; Late Adolescents; Young Adults; Knowledge Level; Age Differences; Older Adults; Memory; Social Attitudes; Biographies; Cultural Influences; Autobiographies; Recall (Psychology); Social Influences; Medical Students; Hypothesis Testing; Secondary School Students; Experience; College Students; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Selbstkonzept; Erlebniserzählung; Halbstarker; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Wissensbasis; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Älterer Erwachsener; Gedächtnis; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Biography; Biografie; Biographie; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Autobiography; Autobiografie; Autobiographie; Abberufung; Sozialer Einfluss; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Sekundarschüler; Erfahrung; Collegestudent; Deutschland
Abstract	Extending research on age norms in adults, the development of the knowledge of two components of the cultural concept of biography, biographical salience of and age norms for life events was studied from late childhood to early adulthood in Study 1 and across adulthood in Study 2. The largest increase in knowledge was found between ages 8 and 12, with knowledge reaching its maximum at age 16. Across adulthood knowledge was relatively stable, with a small decline in older adults. In addition, across adolescence, personal memories increasingly corresponded to norms of biographical salience, although idiosyncratic events continued to dominate. The acquisition of knowledge of the cultural concept of biography may parallel developments in autobiographical memory, reminiscing, and life narratives. (Contains 3 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10