Chapter 8 pt.2 (EXAM 2) Flashcards
Flashbulb memory
Extremely vivid memory related to a traumatic, emotional, historical, or monumental incident
can be weak and frail, its accuracy is no better or worse than regular memories
Can be shared (usually generational) or individual
Inaccurate/False memories
Remembering something that didn’t happen
An error may occur when rebuilding memory
Memory Construction
Formulating new memories
Memory Reconstruction
Bringing up old memories
May get altered in this process, as memories from LTM to STM are flexible
Suggestibility
Effects of misinformation from external source that leads to the creation of false memories
Eye Witness Misidentification
Eye-witness may be affected by suggestibility and leading questions, overall not reliable
Misinformation Effect
Exposure to additional/incorrect info may lead to false memories, such as suggestibility, leading questions
Proactive Interference
When something old interferes with NEW information
i.e. mistaking current period’s teacher with last period’s teacher’s name
Retroactive Interference
When something new interferes with OLD information
i.e. difficulty remembering an old dance after learning new dance
Amnesia
Lost of LTM
Anterograde Amnesia
FORWARD
Cannot remember new information after the injury
usually cannot form new explicit memories, but can form new implicit memories
Retrograde Amnesia
BACK
Cannot remember old information before injury
Engram
Group of neurons that are like physical traces of memory
Equipotential Hypothesis
Theory that if a part of the brain involved in memory is damaged, another part of same area can take over
Brain structures involved in memory
Hippocampus
Amygdala
Cerebellum
Prefrontal Cortex
