Chapter 7.5 False Memories

Question 1

Flashbulb memories

Answer 1

emotinal memory that is extraordinarily vivid and detailed

Question 2

Source monitoring confusion

Answer 2

is a lack of clarity about the origins of a memory

Question 3

cryptomnesia

Answer 3

failure to recognize that our ideas originated with someone else. it is because of source monitoring confusion.

Question 4

Suggestive memory technique

Answer 4

Elizabeth Loftus’ work on that. procedure that encourages patients to recall memories that may or may not have taken place.

Question 5

misinformation effect

Answer 5

creation of fictitious memories by providing misleading information about an event after it takes place

Question 6

Lost in the mall

Answer 6

recalling events that never happened

Question 7

Event plausibility and recency

Answer 7

can both impact strenght of false memories. That is possible the create memories that are implausible or impossible. Hot air balloon ride or buggs bunny at disney world

Question 8

eyewitnessing less accurate when

Answer 8

observing others of different races, witness has talked to other witnesses, the observed situation is stressful