REVISITING THE THEORETICAL ACCOUNTS OF THE REMINISCENCE BUMP

Reminiscence bump (RB) is an enhanced recollection of autobiographical memories (AMs) from adolescence and young adulthood (approximately 10–30 years of age) by people over 30 years of age. Several theoretical accounts have been proposed to explain the bump, most prominent of which are the narrative/identity, the cultural life script, and life story account. The current thesis has examined the relative plausibility of these accounts on senior Pakistani nationals and young Malaysian participants. Overall, findings of the present thesis revealed that formation of RB was due to the role of events in identity formation as proposed by the narrative/identity account.