Amy Corning
Biographic Data
| ID | 4402893 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amy Corning |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amy |
| FAMILY NAME | Corning |
| SIGNATURE | CORNING A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-1627-0659 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 345 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
You don’t understand me! But, I do! Awareness of cross-generational differences in collective remembering of national historic events
Collective memories refer to a group's shared representation of the past, which are slow to change over time. In this study, representative samples of American and German Younger Adults (YAs) and Older Adults (OAs) rated the emotional valence of 12 national historic events. Critically, both age groups were also asked to take on the perspective of the other: OAs imagined how YAs feel, whereas YAs imagined how OAs feel about the same events today. …
An inclusive school for computer science: Evaluating early impact with propensity score matching
The Conversion of Generational Effects into Collective Memories
Three conclusions about collective memory are developed from data obtained before and after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the United States. First, generational effects, as predicted by the critical years hypothesis, show that a dramatic new national or world event can have an impact on young cohorts that leads to a lasting collective memory. Second, for the September 11, 2001 attack, that effect was visible almost immediately after …
Collective memory and autobiographical memory: Similar but not the same
Sociologists and psychologists have independently identified the same general period in individual development for the formation of many memories. Yet the cross-disciplinary similarity is rarely recognized, because most psychologists study autobiographical memories of personal events, while sociologists focus on collective memories of national and world events. We examine autobiographical and collective memories together within a large national c…
Transformative Events and Generational Memory: A Case Study Over Time in Lithuania
Research on the distribution of collective memories in national populations has often been conducted in relatively stable societies, where most individuals have experienced a limited range of event types. We examine collective memories in Lithuania, a society that has seen substantial change, using three surveys conducted during the two decades since Lithuanian protests against Soviet rule began in the late 1980s. We identify two types of events …
Commemoration Matters
Journal Article Commemoration Matters: The Anniversaries of 9/11 and Woodstock Get access Amy Corning, Amy Corning * Amy Corning is a Research Investigator at the Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Howard Schuman is a Professor of Sociology and Research Scientist Emeritus at the Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. The authors are grateful to Public Opinion Quarterly's anonymous revi…
Framing Variations and Collective Memory: “Honest Abe” versus “the Great Emancipator”
Central to American identity have been public memories of events like the struggle for independence and the achievements of key figures from the past. The individual most often subject to hagiographic accounts is Abraham Lincoln, with emphasis both on his epic achievements in saving the Union and ending slavery and on his personal characteristics, such as honesty and the motivation to transcend his “backwoods” childhood and attain positions of lo…
Generational Memory and the Critical Period: Evidence for National and World Events
Journal Article Generational Memory and the Critical Period: Evidence for National and World Events Get access Howard Schuman, Howard Schuman * HOWARD SCHUMAN is a Professor of Sociology and Research Scientist Emeritus at the Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. AMY CORNING is a Research Investigator at the Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. We are especially indebted to Ronald C. Ke…
The roots of collective memory: Public knowledge of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson
Claims that Thomas Jefferson fathered the children of Sally Hemings, a slave at Monticello, have received support over the past 35 years from revisionist biographies, DNA testing and other evidence. The claims have also been communicated to the general public through novels, films and other popular media. Both those persuaded by the claims and those critical of them assume that collective memory of Jefferson has been changed importantly, and that…
Emigration, Generation, and Collective Memories: The Presence of the Past for Emigrants from the Former Soviet Union
Research on memory of public events consistently reveals generational effects, where individuals remember best the events from their “critical years” of adolescence and early adulthood—a phenomenon attributed to privileged encoding or retrieval of memories due to primacy of experience. Prior research, however, has not decoupled the youthful period from transitional experiences more generally, raising the question of whether primacy generated by i…
Leverage-Saliency Theory of Survey Participation
Journal Article Leverage-Saliency Theory of Survey Participation: Description and an Illustration Get access ROBERT M. GROVES, ROBERT M. GROVES Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar ELEANOR SINGER, ELEANOR SINGER Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar AMY CORNING AMY CORNING Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume…
Collective Knowledge of Public Events: The Soviet Era from the Great Purge to Glasnost
We explore the knowledge of a probability sample of Russians in 1994 about nine events that occurred within the past 60 years. We consider three competing hypotheses about how knowledge relates to age: (1) adolescence and early adulthood constitute a critical age for acquiring knowledge of public events; (2) the unique content of an event creates age relations; (3) the primary influence on knowledge is a period effect. We also hypothesize that "y…
Differential Incentives: Beliefs about Practices, Perceptions of Equity, and Effects on Survey Participation
Journal Article Differential Incentives: Beliefs about Practices, Perceptions of Equity, and Effects on Survey Participation Get access ELEANOR SINGER, ELEANOR SINGER Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar ROBERT M. GROVES, ROBERT M. GROVES Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar AMY CORNING AMY CORNING Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Publi…
Attitudes toward Genetic Testing and Fetal Diagnosis, 1990-1996
With few exceptions, existing research on attitudes toward genetic testing and prenatal diagnosis is based on small studies using nonprobability samples of specialized populations. In this paper, we use a nationally representative sample from the General Social Survey to report on attitudinal change between 1990 and 1996, and to explore socio-demographic predictors of public views on genetic technology and reproduction in the context of changing …
Trends: Genetic Testing, Engineering, and Therapy: Awareness and Attitudes
Journal Article Trends: Genetic Testing, Engineering, and Therapy: Awareness and Attitudes Get access ELEANOR SINGER, ELEANOR SINGER Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar AMY CORNING, AMY CORNING Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MARK LAMIAS MARK LAMIAS Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 62, Issue 4, Feb…
Leverage-Saliency Theory of Survey Participation
Journal Article Leverage-Saliency Theory of Survey Participation: Description and an Illustration Get access ROBERT M. GROVES, ROBERT M. GROVES Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar ELEANOR SINGER, ELEANOR SINGER Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar AMY CORNING AMY CORNING Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume…
Generational Memory and the Critical Period: Evidence for National and World Events
Journal Article Generational Memory and the Critical Period: Evidence for National and World Events Get access Howard Schuman, Howard Schuman * HOWARD SCHUMAN is a Professor of Sociology and Research Scientist Emeritus at the Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. AMY CORNING is a Research Investigator at the Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. We are especially indebted to Ronald C. Ke…
Collective Knowledge of Public Events: The Soviet Era from the Great Purge to Glasnost
We explore the knowledge of a probability sample of Russians in 1994 about nine events that occurred within the past 60 years. We consider three competing hypotheses about how knowledge relates to age: (1) adolescence and early adulthood constitute a critical age for acquiring knowledge of public events; (2) the unique content of an event creates age relations; (3) the primary influence on knowledge is a period effect. We also hypothesize that "y…
Trends: Genetic Testing, Engineering, and Therapy: Awareness and Attitudes
Journal Article Trends: Genetic Testing, Engineering, and Therapy: Awareness and Attitudes Get access ELEANOR SINGER, ELEANOR SINGER Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar AMY CORNING, AMY CORNING Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MARK LAMIAS MARK LAMIAS Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 62, Issue 4, Feb…
Differential Incentives: Beliefs about Practices, Perceptions of Equity, and Effects on Survey Participation
Journal Article Differential Incentives: Beliefs about Practices, Perceptions of Equity, and Effects on Survey Participation Get access ELEANOR SINGER, ELEANOR SINGER Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar ROBERT M. GROVES, ROBERT M. GROVES Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar AMY CORNING AMY CORNING Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Publi…
Transformative Events and Generational Memory: A Case Study Over Time in Lithuania
Research on the distribution of collective memories in national populations has often been conducted in relatively stable societies, where most individuals have experienced a limited range of event types. We examine collective memories in Lithuania, a society that has seen substantial change, using three surveys conducted during the two decades since Lithuanian protests against Soviet rule began in the late 1980s. We identify two types of events …
Commemoration Matters
Journal Article Commemoration Matters: The Anniversaries of 9/11 and Woodstock Get access Amy Corning, Amy Corning * Amy Corning is a Research Investigator at the Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Howard Schuman is a Professor of Sociology and Research Scientist Emeritus at the Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. The authors are grateful to Public Opinion Quarterly's anonymous revi…
Emigration, Generation, and Collective Memories: The Presence of the Past for Emigrants from the Former Soviet Union
Research on memory of public events consistently reveals generational effects, where individuals remember best the events from their “critical years” of adolescence and early adulthood—a phenomenon attributed to privileged encoding or retrieval of memories due to primacy of experience. Prior research, however, has not decoupled the youthful period from transitional experiences more generally, raising the question of whether primacy generated by i…
Collective memory and autobiographical memory: Similar but not the same
Sociologists and psychologists have independently identified the same general period in individual development for the formation of many memories. Yet the cross-disciplinary similarity is rarely recognized, because most psychologists study autobiographical memories of personal events, while sociologists focus on collective memories of national and world events. We examine autobiographical and collective memories together within a large national c…
Attitudes toward Genetic Testing and Fetal Diagnosis, 1990-1996
With few exceptions, existing research on attitudes toward genetic testing and prenatal diagnosis is based on small studies using nonprobability samples of specialized populations. In this paper, we use a nationally representative sample from the General Social Survey to report on attitudinal change between 1990 and 1996, and to explore socio-demographic predictors of public views on genetic technology and reproduction in the context of changing …
The Conversion of Generational Effects into Collective Memories
Three conclusions about collective memory are developed from data obtained before and after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the United States. First, generational effects, as predicted by the critical years hypothesis, show that a dramatic new national or world event can have an impact on young cohorts that leads to a lasting collective memory. Second, for the September 11, 2001 attack, that effect was visible almost immediately after …
Trends: Genetic Testing, Engineering, and Therapy: Awareness and Attitudes
Journal Article Trends: Genetic Testing, Engineering, and Therapy: Awareness and Attitudes Get access ELEANOR SINGER, ELEANOR SINGER Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar AMY CORNING, AMY CORNING Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MARK LAMIAS MARK LAMIAS Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 62, Issue 4, Feb…
Differential Incentives: Beliefs about Practices, Perceptions of Equity, and Effects on Survey Participation
Journal Article Differential Incentives: Beliefs about Practices, Perceptions of Equity, and Effects on Survey Participation Get access ELEANOR SINGER, ELEANOR SINGER Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar ROBERT M. GROVES, ROBERT M. GROVES Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar AMY CORNING AMY CORNING Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Publi…
Attitudes toward Genetic Testing and Fetal Diagnosis, 1990-1996
With few exceptions, existing research on attitudes toward genetic testing and prenatal diagnosis is based on small studies using nonprobability samples of specialized populations. In this paper, we use a nationally representative sample from the General Social Survey to report on attitudinal change between 1990 and 1996, and to explore socio-demographic predictors of public views on genetic technology and reproduction in the context of changing …
Leverage-Saliency Theory of Survey Participation
Journal Article Leverage-Saliency Theory of Survey Participation: Description and an Illustration Get access ROBERT M. GROVES, ROBERT M. GROVES Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar ELEANOR SINGER, ELEANOR SINGER Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar AMY CORNING AMY CORNING Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume…
Collective Knowledge of Public Events: The Soviet Era from the Great Purge to Glasnost
We explore the knowledge of a probability sample of Russians in 1994 about nine events that occurred within the past 60 years. We consider three competing hypotheses about how knowledge relates to age: (1) adolescence and early adulthood constitute a critical age for acquiring knowledge of public events; (2) the unique content of an event creates age relations; (3) the primary influence on knowledge is a period effect. We also hypothesize that "y…
The roots of collective memory: Public knowledge of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson
Claims that Thomas Jefferson fathered the children of Sally Hemings, a slave at Monticello, have received support over the past 35 years from revisionist biographies, DNA testing and other evidence. The claims have also been communicated to the general public through novels, films and other popular media. Both those persuaded by the claims and those critical of them assume that collective memory of Jefferson has been changed importantly, and that…
Emigration, Generation, and Collective Memories: The Presence of the Past for Emigrants from the Former Soviet Union
Research on memory of public events consistently reveals generational effects, where individuals remember best the events from their “critical years” of adolescence and early adulthood—a phenomenon attributed to privileged encoding or retrieval of memories due to primacy of experience. Prior research, however, has not decoupled the youthful period from transitional experiences more generally, raising the question of whether primacy generated by i…
Framing Variations and Collective Memory: “Honest Abe” versus “the Great Emancipator”
Central to American identity have been public memories of events like the struggle for independence and the achievements of key figures from the past. The individual most often subject to hagiographic accounts is Abraham Lincoln, with emphasis both on his epic achievements in saving the Union and ending slavery and on his personal characteristics, such as honesty and the motivation to transcend his “backwoods” childhood and attain positions of lo…
Generational Memory and the Critical Period: Evidence for National and World Events
Journal Article Generational Memory and the Critical Period: Evidence for National and World Events Get access Howard Schuman, Howard Schuman * HOWARD SCHUMAN is a Professor of Sociology and Research Scientist Emeritus at the Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. AMY CORNING is a Research Investigator at the Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. We are especially indebted to Ronald C. Ke…
Collective memory and autobiographical memory: Similar but not the same
Sociologists and psychologists have independently identified the same general period in individual development for the formation of many memories. Yet the cross-disciplinary similarity is rarely recognized, because most psychologists study autobiographical memories of personal events, while sociologists focus on collective memories of national and world events. We examine autobiographical and collective memories together within a large national c…
Transformative Events and Generational Memory: A Case Study Over Time in Lithuania
Research on the distribution of collective memories in national populations has often been conducted in relatively stable societies, where most individuals have experienced a limited range of event types. We examine collective memories in Lithuania, a society that has seen substantial change, using three surveys conducted during the two decades since Lithuanian protests against Soviet rule began in the late 1980s. We identify two types of events …
Commemoration Matters
Journal Article Commemoration Matters: The Anniversaries of 9/11 and Woodstock Get access Amy Corning, Amy Corning * Amy Corning is a Research Investigator at the Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Howard Schuman is a Professor of Sociology and Research Scientist Emeritus at the Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. The authors are grateful to Public Opinion Quarterly's anonymous revi…
The Conversion of Generational Effects into Collective Memories
Three conclusions about collective memory are developed from data obtained before and after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the United States. First, generational effects, as predicted by the critical years hypothesis, show that a dramatic new national or world event can have an impact on young cohorts that leads to a lasting collective memory. Second, for the September 11, 2001 attack, that effect was visible almost immediately after …
An inclusive school for computer science: Evaluating early impact with propensity score matching
You don’t understand me! But, I do! Awareness of cross-generational differences in collective remembering of national historic events
Collective memories refer to a group's shared representation of the past, which are slow to change over time. In this study, representative samples of American and German Younger Adults (YAs) and Older Adults (OAs) rated the emotional valence of 12 national historic events. Critically, both age groups were also asked to take on the perspective of the other: OAs imagined how YAs feel, whereas YAs imagined how OAs feel about the same events today. …
Psychology (13 works) · Political science (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Law (7 works) · Collective memory (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration (5 works) · Cognitive psychology (4 works)