7- The Role of Conversation Flashcards
When do we often remember?
During a conversation
How is remembering linked to our audience?
We’re selective in our typical conversations
What information does a speaker repeat?
Information already known to the speaker and the listeners
3 results of a speaker repeating information
- Reinforcement of existing memories
- Enhanced remembering for memories
- Stronger effect for those remembering vs listeners
What is a consequence of discussion of later individual recall?
Social contagion
What is social contagion?
The spread of one person’s memory to another by means of social interaction
What umbrella can Loftus’ work be viewed under?
The umbrella of social contagion
2 ways that Loftus’ work can be viewed under the umbrella of social contagion
- Misleading about experienced events
- Implanting new memories of non-experienced events
3 stages of a standard social-contagion experiment
- Collaborative study of materials
- Collaborative recall of materials with the confederate who recalls some erroneous info
- Individual recall task
How many definitions of social memory are there?
2
3 ways that the memory system is malleable
- Misinformation effect
- Planting rich or implausible/impossible false memories
- Source monitoring deficits involved
What are flashbulb memories?
Memories we are highly confident, but subject to distortion
