Chapter 8 Flashcards
Remembering Complex Events
Hyperthymesia
People able to recall every single day of their lives over a span of many years.
Intrusion Errors
Errors in which other knowledge intrudes into the remembered event.
DRM Procedure
Named after its originators, for eliciting and studying memory errors. Person sees or hear a list of words that are all related to a single theme.
Schema
Knowledge describing what is typical or frequent in a particular situation.
Misinformation Effect
Memory errors that result from some form of post-event misinformation.
Retention Interval
Amount of time that elapses between the initial learning and the subsequent retrieval.
Decay
Memories that fade or erode due to loss of brain cells or time lapse between memories not being refreshed.
Interference Theory of Forgetting
Materials are lost from memory because of interference from other materials that are lost in memory.
Retrieval Failure
Contributes to a large deal of forgetting. Happens when a memory in in long-term storage but the person in unable to locate that memory when trying to retrieve it.
TOT Phenomenon
When people are unable to remember a particular word even though they are certain that the word is in their vocabulary. A “tip-of-the-tongue” word.
Autobiographical Memory
Memory we have for events of our lives and plays a role in shaping how all people think about themselves and how they behave.
Self-Schema
Set of interwoven beliefs an memories that constitute one’s knowledge about oneself.
Consolidation
Process through which memories are biologically cemented in place.
Flashbulb Memories
Memories of extraordinary clarity, typically for highly emotional events, retained despite the passage of many years.
Reminiscence Bump
People tend to have clear and detailed memories of their late adolescence and early adulthood.
