MIDTERM FRQ Flashcards
population
the people used
random sample
each person has an equal chance of being chosen. random sampling
random assignment
population will be randomly assigned to either the experimental group or the control group.
assigning every other to each group
semmantic encoding
personally meaningful events.
the fact that they hold meaning to them makes it more likely for them to remember them
recall
they are recalling memories that are not in conscious awareness. they are past memories
recognition
the population is identifying events that match their memories.
retrieve the memories through recognition.
how they are retrieving them.
retroactive interference
could prevent some from retrieving some childhood memories.
more recent events are interfering with your ability to retrieve older memories
misinformation effect
leading questions could skew what they remember.
if they actually happened, and over time memories deteriorate and lose their meaning - could be reconstructed wrong