Thematic coherence is a term that can be used both in linguistics as a literary technique or in developmental psychology; in the last case, it's said to be an organization of a set of meanings in and through an event. David Bloome, Stephanie Power Carter, Beth Morton Christian, Sheila Otto, Discourse analysis the study of classroom language%DIFDELCMD < & %%% literacy events: a microethnographic perspective (Routledge, 2004), p.33. ISBN 0-8058-5320-0, ISBN 978-0-8058-5320-9 In education, for example, the thematic coherence happens when a child during a classroom session understands what all the talking is about. This expression was termed by Habermas and Bluck (2000), Habermas, T., Bluck, S. (2000). Getting a life: The development of the life story in adolescence. Psychological Bulletin, 126, 748-769. along with other terms such as temporal coherence, biographical coherence, and causal coherence, to describe the coherence that people talk about while narrating their own personal experiences (the many different episodes in their life, most especially in childhood and adolescence) which need to be structured within a context. Robyn Fivush, Catherine A. Haden, Autobiographical memory and the construction of a narrative self: developmental and cultural perspectives (Routledge, 2003), p.192. ISBN 0-8058-3756-6, ISBN 978-0-8058-3756-8 In conversation — although this technique also can be found in literature — the thematic coherence is when a person (or character) "is able to derive a general theme or principle about the self based on a narrated sequence of events." Dan P McAdams, The redemptive self: stories Americans live (Oxford University Press US, 2006), p.86. ISBN 0-19-517693-6, ISBN 978-0-19-517693-3 Dan P. McAdams in his books gives a long example writing that: McAdams also cites Habermas and Bluck, for whom the thematic coherence are rare before adolescence but increase in prominence as a person moves toward emerging adulthood. Some authors also consider it effective to associate this term with some social processes such as individualism.Routledge, 2004, p.39. See also Child development and human development Centration Private speech Speech perception and Speech repetition References Bibliography Habermas, T., Paha, C. (2001). The development of coherence in adolescents’ life narratives. Narrative Inquiry, 11, 35-54.
Thematic coherence is a term that can be used both in linguistics as a literary technique or in developmental psychology; in the last case, it's said to be an organization of a set of meanings in and through an event. %DIFDELCMD < & %%% In education, for example, the thematic coherence happens when a child during a classroom session understands what all the talking is about. This expression was termed by Habermas and Bluck (2000), along with other terms such as temporal coherence, biographical coherence, and causal coherence, to describe the coherence that people talk about while narrating their own personal experiences (the many different episodes in their life, most especially in childhood and adolescence) which need to be structured within a context. In conversation — although this technique also can be found in literature — the thematic coherence is when a person (or character) "is able to derive a general theme or principle about the self based on a narrated sequence of events." See also Child development Developmental psychology Centration Private speech Speech perception Speech repetition References 
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David Bloome, Stephanie Power Carter, Beth Morton Christian, Sheila Otto, Discourse analysis
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the study of classroom language
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literacy events: a microethnographic perspective (Routledge, 2004), p.33. ISBN 0-8058-5320-0, ISBN 978-0-8058-5320-9
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Habermas, T.,
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Bluck, S. (2000). Getting a life: The development of the life story in adolescence. Psychological Bulletin, 126, 748-769.
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Robyn Fivush, Catherine A. Haden, Autobiographical memory and the construction of a narrative self: developmental and cultural perspectives (Routledge, 2003), p.192. ISBN 0-8058-3756-6, ISBN 978-0-8058-3756-8
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Dan P McAdams, The redemptive self: stories Americans live (Oxford University Press US, 2006), p.86. ISBN 0-19-517693-6, ISBN 978-0-19-517693-3 Dan P. McAdams in his books gives a long example writing that:
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McAdams also cites Habermas and Bluck, for whom the thematic coherence are rare before adolescence but increase in prominence as a person moves toward emerging adulthood.
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Some authors also consider it effective to associate this term with some social processes such as individualism.Routledge, 2004, p.39.
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Bibliography Habermas, T.,
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Paha, C. (2001). The development of coherence in adolescents’ life narratives. Narrative Inquiry, 11, 35-54.