Module 7.3 - Constructing and Reconstructing Memories Flashcards
schemas
organized clusters of memories that constitute ones knowledge about events objects and ideas
______ influence the way we interpret, organize, communicate and remember information
schemas
when uncertain we use schemas to help reconstruct ______
memories
________ leads to greater activity in the mPFC and greater connectivity between the mPFC and somatosensory cortex
schema-congruent information
true or false: retrieving memory is like playing a video game
FALSE: retrieving memory is NOT like playing a video game
is retrieving memory and active or inactive process?
active process, therefore it can be manipulated
confabulation
confusing an event that happened to someone else with one that happened to you
coming to believe that you remember something that never happened
confabulation
true or false: confabulation relies on schemas and semantic networks to “fill in the blanks” of a memory
true
DRM procedure
a memory task in which participants study a list of highly related words called semantic associates (which means they are associated by meaning)
in DRM procedure the most obvious member, the ________ is missing
critical lure
the result of DRM procedure is often (70% of the time) a ________
memory intrusion
false memory
remembering events that did not occur, or incorrectly recalling details of an event
misinformation effect
when information occurring after an event becomes part of the memory for that event
true or false: it is possible to create complex “autobiographical” memories
true
___% of participants who saw a Disneyland ad featuring Bugs Bunny recalled shaking hands with him
16%
what 3 things are children very susceptible to?
1) misinformation effects
2) a questions wording
3) an interviewers mannerisms
imagination inflation
the increased confidence in a false memory of an event following repeated imagination of the event
some physicians use _______ to help patients recover lost memories
guided imagery
recovered memory
a memory of a traumatic event that is suddenly recovered after blocking the memory of that event for a long period of time, often many years
recovered memory is conceptually related to ______
repression
stress hormones impair ____ functioning
hippocampal
recovered memory controversy
a heated debate among psychologists about the validity of recovered memories
true or false: the hippocampus is always active; sensory areas in the cortex are only active during true memories
true
true or false: recovered memory controversy is related to peoples conscious memory of what they saw
FALSE: this activity is unrelated to peoples conscious memory of what they saw
