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The last decade has seen a major growth in research on how memory is used in everyday life. This volume represents a reaction to traditional laboratory-bound studies of the first half of the century which sought to identify the fundamental principles of learning and memory through the use of materials and methods totally divorced from the real world. The new wave of memory research has had considerable success in charting how memory develops, the role it plays in educational and social skills and the impact of memory impairment on mental life. The current volume consists of authoritative reviews of this emerging area linked to comment and criticism from major researchers in the field.Contrasted, probably for the first time, are two major styles of research in applied memory research: The naturalistic approach, which has sought to study memory in everyday environments, using actual experiences from people's lives as the raw data from which to derive more general principles, and the applied cognitive approach, whereby theories and methods are developed using orthodox laboratory techniques which are then validated by applying them directly to real phenomena. This is one of the few books to bring together evidence across the very wide spectrum of humdrum activity that constitutes the everyday uses of memory.
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MEMORY IN EVERYDAY LIFE ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY 100 Editors: G. E. STELMACH P. A. VROON NORTH-HOLLAND AMSTERDAM LONDON NEW YORK TOKYO MEMORY IN EVERYDAY LIFE Edited by GRAHAM M. DAVIES Department of Psychology University of Leicester Leicester, U.K. ROBERT H. LOGIE Department of Psychology University of Aberdeen Old Aberdeen, U.K. 1993 NORTH-HOLLAND AMSTERDAM LONDON NEW YORK TOKYO NORTH-HOLLANDELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS B.V. Sara Burgerhartstraat 25 P.O. Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands Library o f Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Memory i n e v e r y d a y l i f e e d i t e d b y Graham M. D a v i e s . R o b e r t H. L o g i e . p. cm. -- ( A d v a n c e s i n p s y c h o l o g y ; 1 0 0 ) I n c l u d e s b i b l i o g r a p h i c a l r e f e r e n c e s and i n d e x . I S B N 0-444-88997-3 ( a l k . paper) 1 . Memory. 2. L e a r n i n g . P s y c h o l o g y o f . 3. Memory--Age f a c t o r s . I. D a v i e s , Graham (Graham M . ) 11. L o g i e . R o b e r t H. 111. S e r i e s A d v a n c e s in p s y c h o l o g y ( A m s t e r d a m . N e t h e r l a n d s ) , 100. BF371.M4517 1993 153.1'2--dC20 93-14511 CIP ISBN: 0 444 88997 3 1993 ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS B.V. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Copyright & Permissions Department, P.O. Box 521, 1000 AM Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Special regulations for readers in the U.S.A. - This publication has been registered with the Copyright Clearance Center Inc. (CCC), Salem, Massachusetts. Information can be obtained from the CCC about conditions under which photocopies of parts of this publication may be made in the U.S.A. All other copyright questions, including photocopying outside of the U.S.A., should be referred to the copyright owner, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., unless otherwise specified. No responsibility is assumed by the publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein. This book is printed on acid-free paper. Printed in The Netherlands V