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CHP 5 - Memory Errors Flashcards

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1
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Forgetting to do things is which type of memory sin?

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Absentmindedness

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The inability to retrieve information due to interference is a type of which memory sin?

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Blocking

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What are the three sins of omission?

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Transcience, Absentmindedness, and Blocking

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Which memory sin is known for tip of the tongue?

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Blocking

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Which memory is known for forgetting over time?

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Transcience

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Which psychologist discovered the sin of memory transience?

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Hermann Von Ebbinghaus

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7
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The forgetting curve explains which memory sin?

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Transience

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The sins of omission primarily focus on what?

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Failure to retrieve information, inability to take action when we should

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PTSD is an example of which memory sin?

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Persistance

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What are three sins of comission?

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Misattribution, Suggestibility, Bias

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The sins of commission primarily focus on what?

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Distorted/influenced information retrieved, taking action when we should not

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Which sin of memory involves a retrospective distortion which influences acquisition of new information?

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Bias

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This type of memory sin involves information provided by others which then gets incorporated into own memory

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Suggestibility

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This type of memory sin involves the assigning a memory to the wrong source

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Misattribution

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15
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Does memory accurately record the events we experienced?

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No, memory is a reconstructive process

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16
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Define Schema

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A knowledge structure that allows us to interpret and understand the world we live in

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17
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Which individuals showed that schemas can enhance both comprehension and recall?

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Brandford and Johnson

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18
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Federick Bartlett concluded the memory is?

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Reconstructive

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A stored framework or body of knowledge about some topic, making sense of situations using previously acquired knowledge

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Schema

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20
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Chess players use schemas as a method of ?

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Chunking

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A paradigm used to examine false memory. Involves presenting associated words which induce false recall or recognition of non presented words.

For example tired, bed, nap.
false retrieval of word sleep.

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DRM effect, Deese-Roedifer Mcdermott effect

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When does DRM effect increase?

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Faster presentation rate, Auditory vs visual presentation, and Age

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DRM effect is which type of error?

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Source monitoring error - Misattribution ; unaware of which word was actually studied vs. simply though of

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23
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The DRM effect would increase or decrease if presentation was given visually?

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Decrease

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23
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DRM effect causes a spreading activation of _________ memory

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Semantic

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Which individuals focused on how question were framed/asked and the responses of participants?

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Loftus and Palmer

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25
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Loftus and Palmer studies can also explain which memory sin?

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Suggestibility

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What were the results of Loftus and Palmers expirement?

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Participants gave a higher speed estimate when verb in question implies greater impact

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When memory is of an event is weak, it is more susceptible to?

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Manipulation

28
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Can false memory have long lasting effects?

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Yes, Geraerts study, shows individuals no longer liked certain foods when receiving false feedback on earlier childhood experiences

29
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Define Misinformation Effect

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Individuals are most likely to remember misinformation rather than the originally encoded information

30
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Misinformation effect is an example of which memory sin?

A

Misattribution

31
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Can the mind be manipulated in such that outside sources can implement memories that never occured before?

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Yes

32
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Who studied the phenomenon of false memory?

A

Loftus, Elizabeth

33
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Intentional forgetfulness of a painful or traumatic experience

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Repression

34
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Type I and Type II errors have what type of relationship?

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Inverse; as one increases the other decreases

35
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What error type of is worse in the justice system?

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Type I error; innocent going to jail

36
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Regarding COVID, what type of error when testing was worse?

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Type II error; Individuals testing negative when in reality they were positive

37
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Missing or giving a false negative is an example of which type of error?

A

Type II

38
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A false positive is an example of which type of error?

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Type I

39
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Define Simultaneous Lineup

A

All suspects presented at the same time

40
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Define Sequential Lineup

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Subjects presented at separate times; one at a time

41
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What are the cons and pros of sequential lineups?

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Decreases Type I error (false alarm); Increases Type II error (missed positive)

42
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In sequential lineups what type of judgement strategy is used?

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Absolute - since individuals do not know how many suspects are left

43
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In simultaneous lineup what type of judgement strategy is used?

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Relative

44
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Why should authorities use a double blind procedure when presenting suspects?

A

To decrease suggestibility or influence

45
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Why are cognitive interview techniques beneficial?

A

they enhance veridical memory and decrease false memory

46
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What are the four cognitive interview techniques that can be used?

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Contextual Reinstatement, Report everything, Recall from a change of perspective, recall from reverse order

47
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The penny experiment was conducted by which individuals?

A

Nickerson and Adams

48
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Nickerson’s and Adams Penny experiment concluded that?

A

Information that is NOT strongly encoded into memory with attention will NOT be accurate

49
Q

Judgements of learning are inaccurate when people base their decision on _________ rather than __________ cues.

A

Extrinsic (learning conditions/ learning strategy); Intrinsic (Difficulty of the to be learned item)

50
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Rhodes and Castel conducted experiments that tested on?

A

Judgement of learning

51
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People were more or less confident of their ability to remember words when presented in a large font

Which individuals conducted this experiment?

A

More confident; Rhodes & Castel

52
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When individuals are asked about their ability to remember words immediately after being exposed to them, their judgement of learning is inflated or accurate?

A

Inflated; participants are more confident in their ability to remember

53
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When individuals are asked about their ability to remember words with a delay after being exposed to them, their judgement of learning is inflated or accurate?

A

More accurate

54
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Which individuals showed that a delay JOL resulted in a more accurate representation of retention?

A

Nelson & Dunlosky

55
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In Roediger and Karpicke study, regarding JOL, which study group performed best after a week?

A

TTT; group that had to actively recall the set of words three times

56
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In Roediger and Karpicke study, regarding JOL, which study group performed worst after a week?

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SSS; the group that only studied the set of words three times with no test given

57
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In Roediger and Karpicke study, regarding JOL, rank the confidence levels from most to least the groups had? What were the results immediately after? what were the results after a week?

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Confidence Level: SSS > SST > TTT
Results immediately after: SSS > SST > TTT
Results after 1 week: TTT > SST > SSS

58
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In Roediger and Karpicke study, regarding JOL, they concluded that repeated study leads to overconfidence or under confidence in future memory performance?

A

Overconfidence

59
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Why do individuals have better memory of their life between the ages of 15-20? Known as the reminiscence bump

A

More first time events, or memorable events occur around that age

60
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Autobiographical memory comes with the development of?

A

Sense of self, Language development, and neurological development

61
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Freud believed that the inability to remember life events that occur before the age of 5 was due to?

A

Psychological repression

62
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What is the loss of memory or memory abilities caused by brain damage or disease?

A

Amnesia

63
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The loss of memory for events BEFORE a brain injury

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Retrograde

64
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The disruption of memory for events occurring AFTER brain injury; inability to acquire new long term memories

A

Anterograde amnesia

65
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Patient H.M suffered from epilepsy and his hippocampus was removed he had severe anterograde amnesia but _____________ memory was normal

A

Procedural (Implicit)

66
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Word Fragment Completion tests are test on which type of memory?

A

Priming – implicit memory

67
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Free recall test , test on which type of memory?

A

Episodic – Explicit memory

68
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Patient H.M would test best with yes/ no recognition or word stem completion?

A

Word stem completion

69
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Which individuals studied the dissociations between episodic and implicit memory on amnesiacs?

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Warrington & Weiskrantz

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