Chapter 6.5 - Memory Failures Flashcards
The Seven Sins of Memory are:
Transience, Absentmindedness, Blocking, Memory Misattribution, Suggestibility, Bias, Persistence
_______ is forgetting what occurs with the passage of time.
Transience - Memory fades more quickly at first, then slowly over time
_________ Interference refers to situations fo transience in which information learned LATER impairs memory for information acquired earlier.
Retroactive interference
_________ Interference refers to situations fo transience in which information learned EARLIER impairs memory for information acquired later.
Proactive interference
__________ is a lapse in attention that results in memory failure.
Absentmindedness
Absentmindedness can be a result of _________ attention.
divided
Remembering to do things in the future is called ___________ memory.
Prospective
_________ is a failure to retrieve information that is available in memory, even though you are trying to produce it.
Blocking - Tip-of-the tongue Phenomenon
Assigning a recollection or an idea to the wrong source is memory ____________.
Misattribution - Frontal Lobe Involved
_______ memory is a recall of when, where, and how information was acquired.
Source
_____ recognition is a feeling of familiarity about something that hasn’t been encountered before.
False recognition - Tricky because the hippocampus still activates as if it is true recognition.
_______________ is the tendency to incorporate misleading information from external sources into personal recollections.
Suggestibility - People can develop false memories in response to suggestions.
______ is the distorting influences of present knowledge, beliefs, and feelings on recollection of previous experiences.
Bias
_________ bias is the need to reconstruct the past to fit the present.
Consistency bias
_______ bias is the tendency to exaggerate differences between what we feel or believe now and what we felt or believed in the past.
Change bias
_______ is the intrusive recollection of events that we wish we could forget.
Persistence
__________ memories are detailed recollections of when and where we heard about shocking events.
Flashbulb memories
The _________ is involved during the encoding of emotional memory.
Amygdala
It is helpful and sometimes important to forget information that isn’t current. Example of __________.
Transience
We tend to preserve details that are worthy of attention and recall, and discard those that are less worthy.
Absentmindedness and Blocking
Memory ___________ and ___________ might allow us to anticipate/try out different versions of events.
Memory misattribution and suggestibility
______ may contribute to our overall sense of contentment.
Bias
Flash Bulb Memory Issue: ______ focuses you on a few _______ but lets you ______ other details.
Emotion focuses you on a few details but lets you ignore other details.
___________ depends on the interaction of the _______ and __________.
Consolidation depends on the interaction of the amygdala and hippocampus.
Flashbulb Memories of 9-11 are likely to be inaccurate or the detail of how you ______ about the incident or ____ you were with. Obviously not the images of planes crashing into buildings.
Flashbulb Memories of 9-11 are likely to be inaccurate or the detail of how you Heard about the incident or **Who **you were with. Obviously not the images of planes crashing into buildings
9-11 But they were particularly bad at remembering what their _______ were. They were better at memories for the ______ of the attack than they were for their personal ________.
But they were particularly bad at remembering what their Emotions ** were. They were better at memories for the Facts** of the attack than they were for their personal** Recollections**.
