Week 5 - Remembering complex event

Question 1

False memory

Answer 1

recalled something that never happened

• when nodes are linked, our knowledge builds up
• some nodes intrude on true memories

Question 2

DRM paradigm

Answer 2

When presented e.g., bed, rest , awake tired, 90% of the time, sleep (lower meaning) was also recalled

Question 3

False memories (Loftus et al. 1978)

Answer 3

When giving people misleading information, it affects their memory accuracy

Question 4

Forgetting curve (Herman Ebbinghaus, 1885)

Answer 4

As time passes, if we do not retrieve information we lose it, retention interval

Question 5

3 reasons for forgetting memory

Answer 5

1. Decay: memories erode, neurotransmitters die
2. Interference: occurs when information that is similar get in the way of recall
3. Retrieval failure: missing stimuli or cues that were presented when the memory was encoded

Question 6

Reverse/undo forgetting

Answer 6

1. hypnosis

2. Cognitive interview

Question 7

Autobiographical memory

Answer 7

episodic and semantic memory that are recollected from an individual’s life

Question 8

Self-reference effect

Answer 8

memories related to self are better remembered that those that do not

Question 9

Emotion

Answer 9

• enhances process of consolidation memory
• amygdala : triggered
• hippocampus : establishing memories

Question 10

Flashbulb memories

Answer 10

highly detailed memory of a moment that was emotionally arousing

Question 11

Bahrick et al (1975)

Answer 11

• high school classmates recognition test

- memory starts dropping off around 40 years

Question 12

Childhood amnesia

Answer 12

people often do not remember events before the ages of 10

Question 13

Reminiscence bump

Answer 13

people often remember memories from 10-30 years because it was emotionally encoding.