Describes the critical role that memory plays in the ability of survey respondents to accurately report autobiographical information. The author describes models of autobiographical memory including key processes such as encoding what occurred, storage of the memory of the event, retrieving the event from memory, and reconstructing the event. He then describes memory aids that have been developed to facilitate the memory processes at each of these stages of memory. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved) (from the book)