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Reflecting on Life

Remembering as a Major Process in Adult Development

University of Utah, Salt Lake City

Trisha Weeks

University of Utah, Salt Lake City

Cora Rice

University of Utah, Salt Lake City

In this article, the authors present a view of remembering as a major process through which adult development takes place. They begin by reviewing functional and conversational approaches to remembering. They then introduce their model briefly and apply it to two contexts of central developmental interest: developmental tasks specific to later life and transitions that may apply across adulthood. Although existing empirical evidence is limited, it is also consistent in supporting a role for remembering as an important developmental process. The authors close with a review of how this model could inform future research attempting to understand social and communicative aspects of adult development more broadly.

Key Words: adult development • lifespan development • narrative • discourse • self • memory • life story

Journal of Language and Social Psychology, Vol. 25, No. 3, 244-263 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X06289425


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