episodic memory Flashcards
declarative memory system:
handles factual info such as names, definitions, locations, events, etc
procedural memory system:
houses memory for actions, skills, conditioned responses, emotional responses
declarative memory can be broken down into:
episodic and semantic memory
episodic memory:
made up of chronological recollections of personal experiences
semantic memory:
general knowledge that is not tied to the time when the info was learned
episodic memory equals what?
re-experiencing your own past events
does semantic and episodic memory involve conscious thought?
yes
a key difference between episodic and semantic memory is that
semantic memory is not temporally ordered
episodic memory is ordered in:
time. temporal organization
autonoetic:
the awareness of a personal experience where ones self is the central focus
involuntary memory:
an environmental cue can trigger involuntary retrieval of an episodic memory
why may it be challenging for researchers to investigate childhood amnesia?
- accuracy of memories can be difficult to verify
- a lot of these memories can involve trauma or abuse
- dating the memory can also be difficult
two theories that lead to the explanation as to why we have childhood amnesia:
- development of self-concept
- development of language
which gender tends to have earlier childhood memories?
women
young adults have the most efficient encoding system based on:
optimal maturation of neural mechanisms of memory
remembering episodic events can be thought of like:
time travel
episodic remembering=
re experiencing your own past events
source monitoring error occurs when:
a memory derived from one source is misattributed to another source
misinformation effect:
occurs when participants recall an event they witnessed is altered by introducing misleading post-event information
social contagion of false memories demonstrates how
social networks spread misinformation
stolen or disputed memory studies shed insight in how
people can adopt others’ memories as their own
contextual associations:
all presented words are associated with the critical intrusion, thus activating the node for that word
false memory induction procedure:
experimenters ask participants about events fro their childhood, which never happened
