Michael Verde 4

Question 1

Autobiographical memory

Answer 1

Mental time travel (Tulving)

Question 2

VVIQ

Answer 2

Vividness in visual imagery questionnaire

Question 3

SDAM

Answer 3

severely deficient autobiographical memory
NO deficits/psychiatric problems

Question 4

Source monitoring

Answer 4

placing a memory in its proper context - retrieval + interpretation

Question 5

Interpretation

Answer 5

Decide which source is most likely to be correct
- Choose between different sources
- reconstruct details
- making inferences

Question 6

Why can retrieval be difficult?

Answer 6

Memory is fragmented and may be similar to other memories

Question 7

What makes sources similar/distinct?

Answer 7

perceptual form, semantics, temporal and cognitive processing

Question 8

Levy-Gigi and Vakil (2014)

Answer 8

Higher false recognition in similar compared to dissimilar source (house vs office)

Question 9

Lindsay, Allen, Chan and Dahl (2004)

Answer 9

Semantic distinctness - Higher false recall in similar source

Question 10

Lindsay (1990)

Answer 10

Temporal distinctness - easier to confuse two narratives when told close together

Question 11

Lindsay and Johnson (1991)

Answer 11

Cognitive distinctness - 2 lists - same processing = less accurate recall

Question 12

Stereotypes

Answer 12

Behaviours inconsistent with the stereotype of a source more likely to be forgotten by that source

Question 13

Interpretation

Answer 13

• reconstructing details
• making inferences
• imagery

Question 14

Dobson and Marham (1993) robbery

Answer 14

film and text - details differ - higher VVIQ = poorer source discrimination

Question 15

Wade, Garry, Read & Lindsay (2002) balloon

Answer 15

false recollection increased.

Question 16

how are false memories created?

Answer 16

Imagined events can take on qualities of real memories through elaboration and repetition

Question 17

Alien abduction false memories - lying

Answer 17

McNally et al. (2004) - genuine emotional reactions

Question 18

False memory hypothesis

Answer 18

Anomalous experience, suggestion/interpretation, source monitoring errors

Question 19

source monitoring errors

Answer 19

failure to distinguish original episode from subsequent imaginings