Ch.7 - Remembering Complex Events

Question 1

There are no boundaries separating

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Nodes from each other

Question 2

The interconnected network of nodes makes it easier to retrieve information but

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Can cause info to blend into one

Question 3

Context helps people to

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Recall

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Schemata can dictate

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What information goes together

Question 5

We fill gaps with

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Plausible info

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Misleading questions with options causes

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Mistakes, because context and schematic knowledge may be included

Question 7

When remembering, being confident is assumed to

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Strengthen claims of accuracy

Question 8

Memory decay is when

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Memories fade or erode, cells may die off

Question 9

Interference is when

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New memories may interfere with older memories

Question 10

Memories are stored in nodes, which are

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An interconnected network

Question 11

Retrieval failure is when

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Perspectives change due to elapsed time. Tip of the tongue

Question 12

Interference is when

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Lots of events have subsequently occurred

Question 13

Sometimes old memories can be

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Replaced, like a rough draft vs final copy

Question 14

Does hypnosis affect memory?

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No. People say more things but only because they’re being directed to

Question 15

Do memory drugs affect memory?

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No. The sedative effect seems to result in people lowering their guard

Question 16

Cognitive interviews work by

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Reconstructing the emotional state when witnessing the event. Context.

Question 17

Events that involve you are

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More relevant to you and more easily remembered

Question 18

Self reference effect is

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Remembering events about yourself more

Question 19

Arousal acts to ___ memories

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Consolidate

Question 20

What acts can disrupt encoding memories?

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Stress, fatigue, injury etc.

Question 21

Emotion triggers the ___ which in turn triggers the ___ which results in?

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Amygdaloid, hippocampus, encoding memory more efficiently

Question 22

Emotional events are likely to mean

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More to the individual, resulting in better encoding

Question 23

Emotional events may result in

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Memory rehearsal

Question 24

Emotional events may cause narrowing, which is

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Attending to a few specific details whole ignoring others

Question 25

‘Flashbulb’ memories are extremely vivid but

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Personal

Question 26

Traumatic events usually affect memory encoding by increasing

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Consolidation