Memory and Forgetting Flashcards
Elizabeth Loftus
Research on memory
misinformation effect
the distortion of memory by misleadin post-event information
eyewitness testimony
research showing how memories can be influenced and distorted
Ebbinghous
forgetting curve
Forgetting Curve
a mathematical model that describes how information is lost over time if it’s not reviewed or reinforced
Theories of Forgetting
retrievel failure theory, interference theory, motivated forgetting, decay theory
retreval failure theory
when you’re missing a context clue, tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
interference theory
retroactive and proactive
retroactive interference
when you forget an old task due to new task
proactive interference
when you forget a new task due to old task
motivated forgetting
forgetting stuff on purpose - suppression/repression
decay theory
memories fade as we neglect to ‘visit’ them
Atkinson and Shiffron
multi-store model of memory
sensory memory
contains sensory and echoic memory
short term memory
stores 7 (+-2) for up about 20-30 seconds
