Everyday Memory and Memory Errors Flashcards
Autobiographical memory
memory for dated events in a person’s life
Reminiscence bump
people over 40 have better memory for events from adolescence and early adult hood
Self-image hypothesis
memory is better for events when a person’s self-image/identity is formed
Cognitive hypothesis
memory is better because encoding is better during rapid change followed by stability
Cultural life script hypothesis
memory is better for common life events that fit the script of a person’s culture
Flashbulb memory
memory for circumstances of how a person learned about a shocking event
Narrative rehearsal hypothesis
idea that we remember life events better because we rehearse them
Source monitoring
how people determine the origins of their memories
Pragmatic inference
when reading/hearing, person expects something that isn’t stated/implied by the statement
False memory
memory for something that wasn’t presented/experienced
Misinformation effect
misleading information presented after a person witnesses an event can change how they describe it later
Memory trace replacement hypothesis
misleading post event information replaces original memory of an event
Retroactive interference
most recent information interferes with old information memory
Source monitoring error
misleading post event information mistakenly identified as being from original source
