Individual Differences

Question 1

Palombo (2012)

Answer 1

Palombo (2012) conducted a survey of autobiographical memory designed to assess individual differences in naturalistic autobiographical memory. Subdivided autobiographical memory into four domains:
- Episodic
- Semantic
- Spatial
- Prospective

Question 2

Findings of Polombo (2012)

Answer 2

The findings suggested that individuals who scored high or low on episodic memory also scored high or low on semantic memory, meaning that people have either good or poor autobiographical memory overall
Palombo also found that men scored higher on spatial memory, consistent with other research which suggests that men have stronger spatial memory than females
People who self-reported having depression scored low on episodic and semantic memory