THE CORRESPONDENCE METAPHOR OF MEMORY - RIGHT, WRONG, OR USEFUL

Our response to the commentators covers four general issues: (1) How u seful is our proposed conceptualization of the real-life/laboratory co ntroversy in terms of the contrast between the correspondence and stor ehouse metaphors? (2) What is the relationship between these two metap hors? (3) What are the unique implications of the correspondence metap hor for memory assessment and theory? (4) What are the nature and role of memory metaphors in memory research? We stress that the correspond ence metaphor can be usefully exploited independent of the real-life/l aboratory controversy, but that a variety of other metaphors, includin g the storehouse, should also be utilized in order to more fully captu re the myriad facets and functions of memory in everyday life.