7.7

Question 1

memory bias

Answer 1

the changing of memories over time so that they become consistent with current beliefs or attitudes

Question 2

flashbulb memories

Answer 2

Vivid episodic memories for the circumstances in which people first learned of a surprising consequential, or emotionally arousing event.

Question 3

source misattribution

Answer 3

occurs when people misremember the time, place, person, or circumstances involved with a memory.

Question 4

source amnesia

Answer 4

a type of amnesia that occurs when a person shows memory for an event but can’t remember where he or she encountered the info

(sometimes “childhood” amnesia)

Question 5

cryptomnesia

Answer 5

A type of misattribution that occurs when a person thinks he or she has come up with a new idea, yet has only retrieved a stored idea and failed to attribute the idea to its proper source.

Question 6

suggestability

Answer 6

the development of biased memories from misleading info

Question 7

confabulation

Answer 7

the unintended false recollection of episodic memories