Ch7.3- Constructing and Reconstructing Memory

Question 1

Schemas are organized clusters of memories that constitute one’s knowledge of events. Which of these stages of memory is a schema involved in?

a) encoding
b) retrieval
c) storage
d) all of the above

Answer 1

d) all of the above.

Question 2

The process of remembering through recalling a framework and then adding specific details is known as:

a) constructive memory
b) confabulation
c) schematic interpretation
d) distinctiveness

Answer 2

a) constructive memory

Question 3

DISTINCTIVENESS describes the process where:

Information that does not fit expectations for a specific context is likely to be forgotten if it is..

a) extremely unusual
b) if it only fits our expectations for another completely different context
c) it is unexpected, but not really unusual
d) it is schema consistent.

Answer 3

c) if it is unexpected, but not that unusual

Question 4

remembering details of an event that did not occur is called:

a) confabulation
b) the misinformation effect
c) hawthorne effect
d) false memory

Answer 4

d) false memory

Question 5

when information that occurs after the event becomes remembered as part of the event, it is called:

a) confabulation
b) the misinformation effect
c) imagination inflation
d) false memory

Answer 5

b) the misinformation effect

Question 6

when there is an increased confidence in false memory of an event following repeated imaginings, it is called

a) imagination exaggeration
b) the misinformation effect
c) imagination inflation
d) false memory

Answer 6

c) imagination inflation

Question 7

The DRM procedure involves

a) digital rights management
b) a police lineup and leading questions
c) a critical lure; a missing word that is remembered by intrusion

Answer 7

c) critical lure

Question 8

A memory that emerges after being repressed is called a…

Answer 8

recovered memory

Question 9

The recovered memory controversy stems from the fact that…

a) psychologists have not experienced it themselves
b) many of the techniques used to unearth recovered memories are similar to those used to create false memories
c) brain scans can easily distinguish between true and false memories
d) once something is forgotten, it cannot be recovered

Answer 9

b) many of the techniques used to unearth recovered memories are similar to those used to create false memories.