7- Social Memory

Question 1

What is the Mandela effect?

Answer 1

A situation where a large amount of people believe an event occurred when it didn’t

Question 2

What does the Mandela effect show?

Answer 2

Memories can be unreliable

Question 3

What are the 2 definitions of social memory?

Answer 3

Traditional- (personal) social memory
Recent- collective memory

Question 4

What is social memory?

Answer 4

Memory of own experiences

Question 5

How is social memory framed?

Answer 5

Socially

Question 6

What is social memory distinct from?

Answer 6

Neural and biological explanations

Question 7

What is collective memory?

Answer 7

Memories shared by a social group

Question 8

3 things that influence collective memory

Answer 8

Group beliefs, motivations, and identity

Question 9

Who share a collective memory?

Answer 9

Typically the ingroup

Question 10

What is the size of a collective memory?

Answer 10

Small or large

Question 11

What is an example of a reinforced collective memory?

Answer 11

Christmas

Question 12

2 types of collective memory

Answer 12

Communicative and cultural memories

Question 13

How are communicative memories maintained?

Answer 13

Through socialisation and traditions

Question 14

How are cultural memories maintained?

Answer 14

Through records and factual sources

Question 15

2 theories that explain the function of collective memories

Answer 15

Social identity theory and social representation theory

Question 16

What does social identity theory suggest is the function of collective memories?

Answer 16

To create a group narrative

Question 17

What does social identity theory suggest that shared memory means?

Answer 17

That we are different from them

Question 18

What do collective memories define according to social representation theory?

Answer 18

How a group should behave

Question 19

How are collective memories used according to social representation theory?

Answer 19

To drive the group into action

Question 20

How can collective memories inform a social group?

Answer 20

How to behave around the norm

Question 21

Are collective memories fixed?

Answer 21

No, they constantly evolve

Question 22

How do generations contribute to the evolution of collective memories?

Answer 22

Familial memories are passed on so stories inevitably change over time

Question 23

How does ingroup identity affect availability heuristics?

Answer 23

Different ingroups often describe events differently even though they experience the same event

Question 24

Are social memory and collective memory different things?

Answer 24

Yes

Question 25

What function does collective memory serve?

Answer 25

To build and maintain social identity and social representations

Question 26

What shows that collective memory is not static?

Answer 26

It evolves over time and space

Question 27

What can collective memory create in social settings?

Answer 27

Biases