Lectures

Question 1

error of omission

Answer 1

failure to remember something that happened / recall failure

Question 2

error of commission

Answer 2

remember something that did not happen / false memory

Question 3

DRM paradigm

Answer 3

critical lure paradigm basically

Question 4

false memory effect in graph

Answer 4

difference between studied and not studied within lure answers

Question 5

explanation for critical lure effect according to non conscious spreading activation

Answer 5

-repeated activation of ‘lure’ lingers in memory

Question 6

explanation of the implicit associated response (IAR) for critical. lure effect

Answer 6

-people think of the ‘lure’ during study

Question 7

difference between non conscious spreading activation and IAR

Answer 7

in the first one people are not aware of the lure during study, in IAR they are

Question 8

in Seamon et al they tried to test people on whether they were conscious of the lure:

Answer 8

very fast presentation & rehearsing the words aloud to check for lure being conscious –> quite often people rehearsed the lure during study, but even when they didnt the false memory effect was still present

Question 9

which account is supported based on the research by seamon et al?

Answer 9

non conscious spreading activation, because they still find the false memory effect even though people are not aware of the lure

Question 10

critique on research by Seamon:

Answer 10

no evidence for false memories at presentation rates of 20ms or 40ms when carefully controlling the presentation rate

Question 11

other explanations for false memory effect by Renee:

Answer 11

-false recognition depends on the similarity of test items to items presented at study
-method: studying non words that were orthographically similar to lure -
-still false memory effect, even when subjects are forewarned –> does not depend on storage of the lure during study

Question 12

which effects does sam explain and how?

Answer 12

-false memory effect (lure activates many items stored in memory)
-list length effect (items in memory add noise)
-episodic priming (two associated words increase familiarity)

Question 13

independent cue technique in retrieval research

Answer 13

-using a cue that is not studied in study phase
-will help retrieve a word
-if it was due to interference you should find no forgetting