THE USE OF PARTIAL TEMPORAL INFORMATION IN DATING PERSONAL EVENTS

The use of different types of partial temporal information is shown to affect dating accuracy and the distribution of errors in event dating . Several different types of partial temporal information are discusse d, but three are highlighted by the data. Specifically, subjects' dati ng error patterns suggest that they (1) use different types of within- week information, (2) use recalled event sequences, and (3) use bounda ry landmarks to report the dates of events. In general, these data sug gest that although precise temporal information is sometimes represent ed in the memory trace for an event, more often the date-related infor mation is inferred from other aspects of memory.