Journals / Psikoloji Çalışmaları / 2013 / Cilt: 33 - Sayı: 1

A Comparison With Respect To Features Of Autobiographıcal Memories Between Young And Elderly People: A Descriptive Study

Gençlerin ve Yaşlıların Otobiyografik Bellek Özellikleri Açısından Karşılaştırılması: Betimsel Bir Çalışma

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2013-06-27
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Furthermore, when the words used in the research were considered in terms of semantics while the evaluations of all the groups for the positive words were higher than those for the negative words, the elderly evaluated the negative words more positive, so they showed a “positivity effect.”

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Objective & Hypothesis:In the present research, features of autobiographical memory (content, point of view and time) were examined with respect to adolescent, early adult and elderly groups. 240 volunteers composed of 80 adolescents, 80 early adults and 80 elderly people participated in the research.
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Key Findings & Data:An autobiographical memory test (4 positive and 4 negative adjectives) depending on cued-recall technique was applied to the subjects and the data were analysed descriptively.
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Conclusion & Impact:Furthermore, when the words used in the research were considered in terms of semantics while the evaluations of all the groups for the positive words were higher than those for the negative words, the elderly evaluated the negative words more positive, so they showed a “positivity effect.”
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⚙️Variables:Bilişsel yaşlanma · otobiyografik bellek · duygusal bellek.

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In the present research, features of autobiographical memory (content, point of view and time) were examined with respect to adolescent, early adult and elderly groups. 240 volunteers composed of 80 adolescents, 80 early adults and 80 elderly people participated in the research. An autobiographical memory test (4 positive and 4 negative adjectives) depending on cued-recall technique was applied to the subjects and the data were analysed descriptively. Consequently, the elderly recalled more memories related to positive words from social admiration category than the other groups. On the other hand, with respect to negative words, while adolescents recalled the most memories from friend controversy category, early adults recalled related to family and private relationships and the elderly people prefered remembering negative memories related to both family & private relationships and diseases categories. When the point of view of the memories was examined, for the positive words early adults used field point of view mostly, the elderly used observer point of view; for the negative words the elderly utilized field point of view, adolescents utilized observer point of view mostly. The given result can be explained by “wisdom tendency” in the elderly people. When the time of memories was examined, for both positive and negative words adolescents told their memories concerning the last five years mostly; the elderly told their memories relating to before the last five years mostly. Furthermore, when the words used in the research were considered in terms of semantics while the evaluations of all the groups for the positive words were higher than those for the negative words, the elderly evaluated the negative words more positive, so they showed a “positivity effect.”

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Bu araştırmada otobiyografik anı özellikleri(içeriği, bakış açısı ve zamanı) ergen, erken yetişkinve yaşlı gruplar açısından betimsel olarakincelenmiştir. Araştırmaya 80 ergen, 80 erkenyetişkin ve 80 yaşlı olmak üzere toplam 240 gönüllükatılmıştır. Katılımcılara İpuçlu HatırlamaTekniğine dayanan bir otobiyografik bellek testiuygulanmış ve verilerin betimsel analizi yapılmıştır.Buna göre, yaşlılar olumlu kelimelerleilgili olarak diğer gruplara göre en fazla sosyaltakdirle ilgili anı anlatmıştır. Olumsuz kelimelerdeise, ergenlerin en çok arkadaş anlaşmazlıklarıyla,erken yetişkinlerin en çok aile ve özel ilişkilerle,yaşlıların ise hem aile içi ve özel ilişkilerle hem dehastalıklarla ilgili olumsuzlukları anlatmayı tercihettikleri gözlenmiştir. Anıların bakış açısına bakıldığında,olumlu kelimelerde, alan bakış açısını enfazla erken yetişkinler, gözlemci bakış açısını iseen fazla yaşlılar kullanırken; olumsuz kelimelerdealan bakış açısını en fazla yaşlılar, gözlemci bakışaçısını ise en fazla ergenler kullanmıştır. Bu sonuçyaşlılardaki “bilgelik eğilimiyle” açıklanmıştır.Anıların zamanı incelendiğinde, hem olumlu hemde olumsuz kelimeler için, son 5 yıla ait anılarınıdaha çok ergenler, son 5 yıldan önceki anılarınıise daha çok yaşlılar anlatmıştır. Ayrıca, araştırmadakullanılan kelimeler semantik açıdandeğerlendirildiğinde ise, tüm grupların olumlukelimelerdeki değerlendirmeleri olumsuzlara göredaha yüksekken, yaşlılar olumsuz kelimeleri dedaha fazla olumlu olarak değerlendirerek bir tür“olumluluk yanlılığı” göstermiştir.Anahtar Kelimeler: Bilişsel yaşlanma, otobiyografikbellek, duygusal bellek.

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Sayar, F. (2013). A Comparison With Respect To Features Of Autobiographıcal Memories Between Young And Elderly People: A Descriptive Study. Psikoloji Çalışmaları, Cilt: 33 - Sayı: 1, 1–16. https://ajindex.com/articles/48908

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