This paper reviews the literature on daydreaming about the past, reminiscing, and the life review. It suggests that retrospection is a life span activity which can gradually lead the individual to a full understanding of self. Certain periods of life appear to prompt a special evaluative form of retrospection or life review. The influence of age, personality type, sex differences and time orientation upon retrospection are considered.
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Jean M. Kiernat (1985) studied this question.
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