lecture 7-memory distortion- Flashcards

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schema

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is a pattern of knowledge describing what is typical or frequent in a particular situation
it can:
-aid or disrupt memory
-the reconstruction according to the schema

!!the recall is better when using a schema

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intrusion errors

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recalling events that are not part of the original episodes
-understanding sometimes hurts memory by making us assume things

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Deese-Roediger-McDermott DRM paradigm

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set of related words to remember
-the word that is relate to all the words on the list is not present
-the world that is not present is claimed to be on the list
-occurs even when the participants are warned

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eyewitness testimony Loftus et al.

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it relies on storing and recalling information.
it is a statement given to the court of law by the eye witness who was at the scene of a crime

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misinformation effect

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Participant’s report of a previous event is
affected by the misinformation that is
provided later on.

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explanation of the misinformation effect

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-the misinformation overwrites the original information and makes the original information inaccessible.
-nothing is wrong with the memory but the report is biased

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factors affecting misinformation effect

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-misinformation should come from someone credible
-the effect is higher in young children and older adults
-the effect is not obtained without a time interval between the presentation
-warning ahead of time reduction

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implementing false memories

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memory for childhood events that never happened

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factors that affect memory errors

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-repeated attempts at retrieval
-passage of time
-plausibility
-imagination inflation
-dissociative experience scale

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hypermnesia

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excessive memory activity, or unusual clarity of memory images

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repressed memories

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is one that can be answered by looking at past trauma the individual has not incorporated into their personality

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hypermnesia and repressed memory cause /problems

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cause:
repeated attempts at retrieval
problems :
-accuracy
-suggestibility-influence of therapist

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metacognition

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knowing about your own cognition

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remember

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remembering the episode for the memory
remember judgments are more likely to be associated with correct memories

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know

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having a feeling of familiarity, no episodes

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