LearningCurve 8c. Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory Flashcards
According to Freud, one reason that people forget is because they are _____ painful memories.
Repressing
Professional psychologists who specialize in interviewing children read detailed fictitious stories about children’s experiences. Interestingly, they:
could not tell the real memories from the fake ones, nor could the children.
The more _____ information is in two memories, the more likely it is that _____ will occur
similar; interference
Which technique is NOT a way to improve memory?
minimizing retrieval cues
Aaron went to school one day with his zipper down. He considers it his most embarrassing moment ever and would rather forget that the event ever occurred. Aaron is exhibiting:
motivated forgetting.
According to survey research cited in the text, about _____ percent of people falsely recall improbable events that occurred when they were 2 years old or younger.
40
Although Ron typically smokes two packs of cigarettes each day, he recalls smoking little more than one pack per day. This poor memory BEST illustrates:
motivated forgetting
Yancy was sitting in the park one day and witnessed a robbery. When asked by the police to describe the “young criminal,” Yancy recalled erroneously that the criminal was a teenager rather than an adult. Yancy’s experience BEST illustrates:
the misinformation effect.
Tanner’s study partner asks him, “Which German physiologist is associated with the trichromatic theory of color vision?” “Um . . . von . . . von . . . I know it! H something . . . ,” Tanner manages. Tanner is experiencing:
the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.
An attorney uses misleading questions to distort a court witness’s recall of a previously observed crime. This BEST illustrates:
the misinformation effect.
Owen has trouble remembering a friend’s new phone number; he keeps recalling the old number instead. Completing a rental application, Pippa finds she cannot recall one of her previous addresses, as she has had several addresses since then. Owen is experiencing _____ interference. Pippa is experiencing _____ interference.
proactive; retroactive
Freddy met a woman in the library and immediately thought he knew her. He asked, “Have I met you before?” She replied, “No.” She walked away assuming he was trying to ask her out. This could have been an example of:
déjà vu.
