Human Growth and Development / Unit 15 HGD 2134 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Positivity Effect in Memory
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The idea
With age, people remember the past more positively than younger adults do, perhaps from better emotion regulation and a shift in priorities toward emotional goals.
In practice
A seventy-five-year-old describing a hard decade of her life mostly through its good moments.
Where people slip
This positivity effect, introduced in unit thirteen, is strongest in late adulthood and may support well-being.
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