Abel, Magdalena and Umanath, Sharda and Fairfield, Beth and Takahashi, Masanobu and Roediger, Henry L. and Wertsch, James (2019) Collective Memories across 11 Nations for World War II: Similarities and Differences Regarding the Most Important Events. JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH IN MEMORY AND COGNITION, 8 (2). pp. 178-188. ISSN 2211-3681, 2211-369X
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World War II affected almost all nations of the world. The events of the war and their consequences are still being debated today, decades later. In two studies, we examined how people from different countries remembered the war. Over 100 people from each of 11 countries (Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, UK, and USA) provided their opinions of the 10 most important events of WWII. Participants also completed an event recognition test to assess their general knowledge of the war. The results demonstrate great consensus for important events, but also some striking differences wherein people frequently nominated events that were important to only their country. Particularly, Russians' collective memory for the war is quite different from that of its former allies and enemies. Study 2 replicated the findings in former Axis countries when the survey was provided in their native languages rather than in English.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | HISTORY; NETWORKS; Collective memory; National memory; Public event memory; Ethnocentrism; National narcissism |
| Subjects: | 100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology |
| Divisions: | Human Sciences > Institut für Psychologie Human Sciences > Institut für Psychologie > Lehrstuhl für Psychologie IV (Entwicklungs- und Kognitionspsychologie) - Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Bäuml |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Apr 2020 07:56 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Apr 2020 07:56 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/26891 |
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