Chapter 7.3

Question 1

Schemas

Answer 1

organized clusters of memories that constitute ones knowledge about events, objects and ideas.

Question 2

constructive memory

Answer 2

a process by which we first recall a generalized schema and then add in a specific details

Question 3

false memory

Answer 3

is remembering events that did not occur, or incorrectly recalling details of an event.

Question 4

the misinformation effect

Answer 4

is observed when information occurring after an event becomes part of the memory for that event.

Question 5

imagination inflation

Answer 5

the increased confidence in a false memory of an event following repeated imagination of the event

Question 6

guided imagery

Answer 6

a technique used by some clinicians to help people recover details of events that they are unable to remember.

Question 7

recovery memory

Answer 7

is a memory of a traumatic event that is suddenly recovered after blocking the memory of that event for a long period of time