Why it matters
Explains why sadness brings sad memories and confidence retrieves successes.
Core term · Gordon H. Bower
Mood-Congruent Memory
The tendency to recall memories that match one's current mood.
Areas of life
Depressionresilienceself-image
How to handle it
Do not treat mood-selected memories as the whole truth; deliberately retrieve counterexamples.
Who shaped this idea
The thinker behind it
From concept to practice
Turn Mood-Congruent Memory into a question you can answer.
Psipas asks you one small, honest question at a time — and builds the picture from your answers.