TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS …………………………………………………………………………………………….. iii
ABSTRACT………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. iv
CHAPTER 1. LITERATURE REVIEW ……………………………………………………………………………..1
Audience Tuning ………………………………………………………………………………………………………1
Shared Reality ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….3
Memory Biases …………………………………………………………………………………………………………3
Autobiographical Memories ……………………………………………………………………………………….6
Social Influences of Autobiographical Memories ……………………………………………………. 6
Co-Construction …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 7
The Present Research ………………………………………………………………………………………………..9
CHAPTER 2. PILOT STUDY ………………………………………………………………………………………….12
Method …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..12
Results …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..15
CHAPTER 3. EXPERIMENT 1 ……………………………………………………………………………………….19
Method …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..20
Results …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..27
Experiment 1 Discussion ………………………………………………………………………………………….47
CHAPTER 4. EXPERIMENT 2 ……………………………………………………………………………………….51
Method …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..53
Results …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..56
Experiment 2 Discussion ………………………………………………………………………………………….76
CHAPTER 5. GENERAL DISCUSSION ………………………………………………………………………….79
Limitations and Future Directions ……………………………………………………………………………..82
Conclusion ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..83
CHAPTER 6. REFERENCES ………………………………………………………………………………………….85
APPENDIX A. EXPERIMENT 1 ESSAY CODED VARIABLES ……………………………………….90
APPENDIX B. EXPERIMENT 2 ESSAY CODED VARIABLES ……………………………………….92