Everyday Memory Flashcards
reminiscence bump
the enhanced memory for adolescence and young adulthood for people over 40
self-image hypothesis
proposes that memory is enhanced for events that occur as a person’s self-image or life identity is being formed
cognitive hypothesis
proposes that periods of rapid change that are followed by stability cause stronger encoding of memories
cultural life script
the culturally expected events that occur at a particular time in the life span
cultural life script hypothesis
events in a person’s life story become easier to recall when they fit the cultural life script for that person’s culture
amygdala
associated with stronger emotions in memory
weapons focus
the tendency to focus attention on a weapon during the commission of a crime
flashbulb memory
a person’s memory for the circumstances surrounding shocking, highly charged events
repeated recall
the technique of comparing later memories to memories collected immediately after the event
narrative reversal hypothesis
we may remember important events, not because of a special mechanism but because we rehearse these events after they occur
constructive nature of memory
when what people report at memories are constructed based on what actually happened plus additional factors (knowledge, experiences, expectations)
source monitoring
the process of determining the origins of our memories, knowledge, or beliefs
cryptoamnesia
unconscious plagiarism of the work of others
pragmatic inference
occurs when reading a sentence leads a person to expect something that is not explicitly stated or implied by the sentence
script
our conception of the sequence of actions that usually occur during a particular experience
