Autobiographical Memory Analysis
An important topic mentioned in chapter five is autobiographical memory. "Autobiographical memory is your memory for events and issues related to yourself" (Matlin & Farmer, p. 165). A surprising event that I asked was about the Septermber eleven terrorist attack.The first person I asked stated that she was in school during the attacks. She recalls her mother picking her up from school. She remembers being confused since she was not old enough to understand the situation as her mother nervously explained what was going on. A couple days later she felt a sadness as she slowly understood what had happened to innocent people. The second person I asked recalls that he was at home making coffee, getting ready to go to a job interview