Ch. 7.3 - Constructing/Reconstructing Memories Flashcards
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schemas (4)
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- an organized cluster of memories that constitutes ones knowledge about, events, objects, and ideas
- mental ‘shortcuts’
- guides expectations, attention, and memory
- contributes to stereotypes
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constructive memory (3)
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- we first recall a generalized schema and then add in specific details
- organization: schema-consistent
- distinctiveness: schema-inconsistent
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false memory
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remembering events that didn’t occur, or incorrectly recalling details of an event
4
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misinformation effect (2)
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- happens when info occurring after an event becomes part of the memory for that event
- stages car accidents
5
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DRM procedure
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intrusion: recall of ‘critical lure’
6
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reality monitoring
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ability to distinguish between memories for events that have actually occurred and memories for imagined events
7
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source monitoring (2)
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- ability to properly attribute how (from what source) a memory originated
- destination memory errors
8
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imagery and false memories
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guided imagery
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imagination inflation
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refers to the increased confidence in a false memory of an event following repeated imagination of the event
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false photographs (imaginations inflation) (2)
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- doctored pictures and videos
- brain activity for true vs false memories
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is eyewitness testimony reliable (2)
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- people misidentifying and misreported events despite high confidence in their recall ability
- > 75% of wrongful convictions attributed to mistaken eyewitness
12
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increasing accuracy (6)
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- double blind procedures
- appropriate instructions
- carefully composed lineup
- sequential lineups
- confidence statements
- recorded procedures
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recovered memories (3)
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- memories of traumatic events that are suddenly recovered after blocking the memory of that event for a long period of time
- Freudian psychoanalysis and repression
- recovered memory controversy
