2.3 Memory and Reality

Question 1

cryptomnesia

Answer 1

attribute idea to internal source when it was actually external
- high confidence

Question 2

false fame effect

Answer 2

misattributing familiarity to fame
- only in delayed condition, only after one presentation
- when source info degrades, familiarity is used

Question 3

sleeper effects

Answer 3

persuasion through discounting
- after delay, low credibility info recovers to level of credible source
- credibility loses influence as source info degrades

Question 4

post-event misinformation

Answer 4

memory altered by post-event misinformation
- effect increases over time
- not due to demand characteristics (offered money for accuracy didn’t change result)
- susceptibility to misinformation influenced by expectations

Question 5

implanted memories

Answer 5

false memories implanted from an external source
- must be plausible
- imagination inflation: when they actively imagine false events it increases the likelihood of false memories
- experiencing some aspect of the event (hearing car accident, remember seeing it)
- adopting first person perspective
- repeated imaginings
- viewing photos from time period of alleged event