<p>In this important book, the authors explore what answers mean in relation to how people understand the world around them and communicate with one another. They offer practical and theoretical insights that will prove invaluable when developing questionnaires.</p>

Thinking About Answers: The Application of Cognitive Processes to Survey Methodology (Research Methods for the Social Sciences)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Seymour Sudman

Norbert Schwarz

Norman Bradburn

Psychology & Counseling

Jossey-Bass

Thinking About Answers: The Application of Cognitive Processes to Survey Methodology

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

"Autobiographical Memory and the Validity of Retrospective Reports" presents the collaborative efforts of cognitive psychologists and research methodologists in the area of autobiographical memory. The editors have included an esteemed group of researchers whose work covers a wide range of issues related to autobiographical memory and the validity of retrospective reports, reflecting the diverse traditions in cognitive psychology and survey research. The first part of the book provides different theoretical perspectives on retrospective reports, along with supporting experimental evidence. The second part of this volume focuses specifically on retrospective reports of behaviours, including recall of the frequency and intensity of physical pain, of the number of cigarettes smoked, of dietary habits, and of child support payments. The following sections address the cognitive processes involved in event dating and time estimation, and a discussion of the differences between self and proxy reports. The final part extends the discussion of autobiographical memories in different directions, including the impact of autobiographical memories on individuals' assessment of their current life, the assessment of social change on the basis of retrospective reports, and the issue of collective memories. This book, a valuable and timely resource for researchers and students of cognitive psychology as well as to survey methodologists and statisticians, demonstrates the considerable progress made in understanding the cognitive dynamics of retrospective reports.

Autobiographical Memory and the Valildity of Retrospective Reports

Springer, Verlag

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