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1
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define everyday memory

A

Memory phenomena people
experience in normal life

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2
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what is autobiographical memory

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memory for events in one’s own life

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what is most important for us to measure memory

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Content more important than accuracy

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what does autobiographical memory relate to in traditional memory research

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episodic memory and semantic memory

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what is a schema

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integrated knowledge structure for things which captures commonly encountered aspects of life

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what do schemas allow us to do

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  • Allows us to form expectations.
  • Helps us to draw inferences
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7
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what is memory

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interaction between event and our own pre-
existing schemata

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8
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schema-relevant

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better memory than schema-irrelevant

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schema-congruent

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schema can provide retrieval cues

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schema incongruent

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elaboration, attracted attention

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schema irrelevant

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no good memory

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downside of schemas

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  • schema’s are packets of knowledge which can distort our memory
  • produce a coherent (but not necessarily accurate) story.
  • rationalisations: making it in line with own (cultural) expectations
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what is childhood amnesia

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Almost total lack of autobiographical memories from first 3 yrs of life

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14
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how does Freud explain childhood amnesia

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Repression of sexual feelings towards parents

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neurological explanation for childhood amnesia

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hippocampus and frontal lobes are still developing

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how do schemas impact childhood amnesia

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Underdeveloped schema’s / semantic memory could cause it

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what does the emergent cognitive self mean

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child may only recognise themself as a unique and individual entity at 18 months

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18
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what is the reminiscence bump

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Lots of memories from age 15-25

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neurological explanation for reminiscence bump

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brain peak- neither maturing nor declining

20
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identity formation view of reminiscence bump

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this is a time of decisions which shape the future, we create a life script and a sense of adult identity

21
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what is a life script

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coherent, integrated account of who we are and how we became like this

22
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cognitive account of reminiscence bump

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primacy effect- better memory for first time events, less
proactive interference

23
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how do we describe the accuracy of autobiographical memory

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Truthful to the gist of actual experiences.
Tendency to place ourselves centre-stage
Tendency for favourable view of present self
Tendency to create a coherent memory

24
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what does it mean that we have a tendency to create a coherent memory

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memory which consists with our current goals and beliefs

25
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what are flashbulb memories

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highly detailed and vivid memories for surprising
events that are relatively resistant to forgetting

26
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is witness confidence a good predictor of accuracy of EWT

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no

27
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how does race impact EWT

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Cross-racial identification harder than inter-racial

28
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what is the expertise hypothesis

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cross-racial identification is difficult as we have more experience distinguishing faces of same race

29
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what is the social-cognitive hypothesis

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more thorough facial processing of faces of the in-
group compared to the out-group

30
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what factors affect EWT at perceptual stage

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darkness, distance, duration, lighting

31
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what factors affect EWT at encoding stage

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stress, violence

32
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what factors affect EWT at storage stage

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time (decay, interference)

33
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what factors affect EWT at retrieval stage

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Questioning, expectations, misrememberings

34
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what is confirmation bias

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You remember what you expect to see

35
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what is the effect of violence crime on memory

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Memory for central aspects of a violent event better
than a non-violent event, but worse memory for
peripheral aspects

36
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what is weapon focus effect

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the unexpectedness of the weapon in the context leads to better remembering

37
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the forgetting curve is Ebbinghausen in nature, meaning…

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sharp drop within 20 mins., continued forgetting until
leveling out 2 days after event

38
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source misinformation says

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Source of post-event information memory trace is
wrongly attributed to the original event

39
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vacant memory slot says

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Misinformation more likely to be accepted if original
correct info did not get stored

40
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memory coexistence says

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both original and misleading info remembered, but misleading is more recent- obscures other memory trace

41
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why does the CI recreate the environment

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Principle of encoding specificity and mood
congruency- act as retrieval cues

42
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why does CI say to report everything

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may lead to someone remembering important cue to trigger more info

43
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why does CI say to report things in a different order

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Different retrieval pathways to same piece of info.
Different starting points can lead to different details.

44
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why does CI say to report events from someone else’s perspective

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perspective provides a schematic structure for retrieval,
can make some info more salient

45
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why do we not interrupt someone mid CI

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Disrupts natural retrieval process.
cf. part-set cueing effect: giving partial information inhibits recall

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