Unit 9

Question 1

eyewitness testimony

Answer 1

recall of episodic memories that is worsened by misleading information or questions

Question 2

flashbulb memories

Answer 2

memories of highly significant events that seem to be “burned” into the mind

Question 3

role of personal impact on the accuracy of flashbulb memories

Answer 3

the more personal impact, the more accurate the flashbulb memory will be

Question 4

misinformation effect

Answer 4

misinformation interferes in our ability to accurately recall episodic memories

Question 5

reconstructive memory

Answer 5

complex memories are recalled by collecting all of its pieces together

Question 6

relationship between memory and understanding

Answer 6

our memory is shaped by our understanding and our understanding is shaped by our memory (recall is better if we understand the information)

Question 7

schemas

Answer 7

structured units of knowledge that package pieces of information contained in memory and the relations between them

Question 8

schema study

Answer 8

graduate student’s office study