memory

Question 1

hindsight bias

Answer 1

inclination to see past events as more predictable than they actually were

Question 2

misinformation effect

Answer 2

memory becomes less accurate because of interference from post-event information
RÉTROACTIVE INTERFÉRENCE: occurs when information presented later interferes with the ability to retain previously encoded information (maybe because of cognitive dissonance??)
introverts more likely to have lower confidence in their memory and therefore more likely to accept misinformation; empathy too

Question 3

mood-congruent memory bias

Answer 3

improved recall of information congruent with ones current mood

Question 4

peak-end rule

Answer 4

people seem to perceive not the sum of an experience but the average of how it was at its peak and how it ended

Question 5

spotlight effect

Answer 5

tendency to overestimate amount people notice your appearance and or behaviour

Question 6

zeigarnik effect

Answer 6

incomplete or interrupted tasks are better remembered than completed ones

Question 7

framing effect

Answer 7

drawing different conclusions from the same information, depending on how it is presented

Question 8

what are implicit memories

Answer 8

retrieved without conscious awareness, automatic response to a stimulus (links w cerebellum in motor skills in response to riding a bike)

Question 9

how do memories change with age

Answer 9

episodic memories decline, semantic and implicit memories remain unchanged