For example: A 78-year-old man, optimistic, reflective, and resourceful, who had had significantly impairing egocentric tendencies, became increasingly responsive in his relationships to his wife, children, and grandchildren. These changes corresponded with his purchase of a tape recorder. Upon my request he sent me the tapes he had made, and wrote: “These is the first reel of tape on which I recorded my memory of my life store. To give this some additional interest I am expecting that my children and grandchildren and great-grand-children will listen to it after I am gone. I pretended that I was telling the story directly to them.”
これらの変化は、彼のテープレコーダーの購入に相まっていた。私のリクエストによって彼は彼が作ったテープを送ってくれて、こう書いてあった、「これが私の人生の私の記憶を録音した最初のテープだ。
また、これにさらなる楽しみを付け加えるとして、実は私は子供や孫、孫の子供が私が逝ってからそれを聞いてくれることを期待しているんだ。私は直接彼らに話を聞かせてあげている振りをした」