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WEEK 8: Everyday Memory and Memory Errors Flashcards

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PARTS OF THE BRAIN | REVIEW
A part of the brain involved in fear and fear memories.

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Amygdala

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PARTS OF THE BRAIN | REVIEW
A part of the brain associated with declarative and episodic memory as well as recognition memory.

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Hippocampus

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PARTS OF THE BRAIN | REVIEW
A part of the brain that plays a role in processing procedural memories, like for example playing the piano.

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Cerebellum

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PARTS OF THE BRAIN | REVIEW
A part of the brain that appears to be involved in remembering semantic tasks.

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Prefrontal Cortex

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MEMORY
A type of memory for specific experiences from our life which can include both episodic and semantic components.

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Autobiographical Memory (AM)

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MEMORY
A type of memory that contains spatial, emotional, and sensory components.

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Autobiographical Memory (AM)

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TRUE or FALSE | Autobiographical Memory (AM)
fMRI findings linked heightened activation of semantic brain areas to the experienced vividness of Autobiographical Memory (AM)

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FALSE, there is linked heightened activation of visual brain areas to the experienced vividness of Autobiographical Memory (AM)

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EMOTIONAL SITUATION
An emotional situation, when processed through the Amygdala System, forms ________ ________ Memory.

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Implicit Emotional Memory

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EMOTIONAL SITUATION
An emotional situation, when processed through the Hippocampal System, forms ________ Memory About _______ _________.

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Explicit Memory About Emotional Situation

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THIS or THAT? | EMOTION
Emotions are associated with special events or events experienced by (one person | many people).

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Emotions are associated with special events or events experienced by many people.

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THIS or THAT? | EMOTION
Emotions are associated with (better | worse) memory, but depend on the specific situation.

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Emotions are associated with better memory, but depend on the specific situation.

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THIS or THAT? | EMOTION
Emotion is linked to (improved | impaired) memory consolidation.

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Emotion is linked to improved memory consolidation.

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TRUE or FALSE? | EMOTION
Emotions can also impair memory.

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TRUE

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MEMORY
These are particular milestones and highly emotional events we remember years later, and are transition points in life

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Memory Across Lifespan

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MEMORY ACROSS LIFESPAN
Memories for the _______ _____ occur after the Period of Childhood Amnesia and before the Period of Recency.

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Reminiscence Bump

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MEMORY ACROSS LIFESPAN
Enhanced memory for adolescence and young adulthood typically found in people over 40.

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Reminiscence Bump

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MEMORY ACROSS LIFESPAN
Refers to the scarcity of personal memories that occurred between the ages of 2 and 6 that can be recalled by adults.

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Childhood Amnesia

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MEMORY ACROSS LIFESPAN
Special events and memories experienced in The Reminiscence Bump typically occur during _______ and _______ ____________.

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Adolescence and Young Adulthood

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EXPLANATION FOR REMINISCENCE BUMP
A hypothesis stating that it is a period of assuming self-image.

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Self-Image Hypothesis

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EXPLANATION FOR REMINISCENCE BUMP
A hypothesis stating that encoding is better diring periods of rapid change.

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Cognitive Hypothesis

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EXPLANATION FOR REMINISCENCE BUMP
A hypothesis stating that **culturally shared expectations structure recall*.

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Cultural Life Script Hypothesis

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FLASHBULB MEMORIES
Refers to a person’s memory for the circumstances surrounding a public, highly charged event.

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Highly Emotional Event

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TRUE or FALSE | FLASHBULB MEMORIES
“It’s like you were there”, refers to memory for the circumstances surrounding how someone personally experienced an event.

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FALSE, it refers to memory for the circumstances surrounding how a person heard about the event, not a memory for the event itself.

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The technique of comparing later memories to memories collected immediately after the event.

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Repeated Recall

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A hypothesis that states one rehearses events after they occur.

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Narrative Rehearsal Hypothesis

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MEMORY
What people report as memories are constructed based on what actually happened + additional factors

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Constructive Nature of Memory

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The process of determining the origins of our memories, knowledge or beliefs.

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Source Monitoring

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SOURCE MONITORING
Occurs when the source of a memory is misidentified.

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Source Monitoring Error or Source Misattribution

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SOURCE MONITORING
Unconscious plagiarism of the work of others.

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Cryptoamnesia

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SOURCE MONITORING
A mental illusion in which people believe that they have produced a new idea when in fact they have simply unwittingly retrieved an old previously encountered idea from memory.

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Cryptoamnesia

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SOURCE MONITORING
Occurs when reading a sentence leads a person to expect that something is not explicitly stated or implied by the sentence.

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Pragmatic Inference

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SOURCE MONITORING
Pragmatic Inference is based on one’s knowledge gained through …?

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Experience

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SOURCE MONITORING
This is a person’s knowledge about some aspect of the environment.

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SOURCE MONITORING
Our conception of the sequence of action.

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SOURCE MONITORING
An effect that refers to the finding that distinctiveness or unexpectancy aids memory (Ex. Surprises)

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Von Restoff Effect

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SOURCE MONITORING
Wherein false memories may be due to changes in one’s automatic activation process or damage to the frontal source monitoring process.

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DRM Paradigm

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SOURCE MONITORING
What does DRM in DRM Paradigm stand for?

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Deese
Roediger
**M*cDermott
Paradigm

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SOURCE MONITORING
In which part of the brain is one’s automatic activation process located?

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Temporal Lobe

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SOURCE MONITORING
Memory can be influenced by suggestion.

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Misleading Post-Event Information

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SOURCE MONITORING
Misleading Post-Event Information (MPI) is caused by _________ ___________ and ______ _________ _____.

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Retroactive Interference and Source Monitoring Errors

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ERRORS IN EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY
There are 4 errors, namely:
1) Error due to _________ _________.
2) Error due to __________.
3) Error due to _________.
4) Increased confidence due to ______-_____ ________.

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1) Error due to emotional situation
2) Error due to familiarity
3) Error due to suggestion
4) Increased confidence due to post-event feedback

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SITUATIONAL | ERRORS IN EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY
The witness only knew that the criminal had brown hair, and misidentified them from the lineup provided — accusing instead a different and innocent person who had a similar hair color.

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Error due to Familiarity

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SITUATIONAL | ERRORS IN EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY
Upon being questioned at the stand, the victim’s brother became inconsolable and could not handle answering any relevant questions upon being asked details about the scene of the crime.

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Error due to Emotional Situation

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SITUATIONAL | ERRORS IN EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY
The prosecutor asked so many irrelevant questions all at once, the witness’ story began to crumble by how different their answers became compared to the actual truth.

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Error due to Suggestion

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SEVEN SINS OF MEMORY
Provide the Error and its Type.

Reduced memory over time.

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Error: Transience
Type: Forgetting

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SEVEN SINS OF MEMORY
Provide the Error and its Type.

Inability to remember needed information.

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Error: Blocking
Type: Forgetting

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SEVEN SINS OF MEMORY
Provide the Error and its Type.

Reduced memory due to failing to pay attention.

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Error: Absentmindedness
Type: Forgetting

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SEVEN SINS OF MEMORY
Provide the Error and its Type.

Assigning memory to the wrong source.

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Error: Misattribution
Type: Distortion

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SEVEN SINS OF MEMORY
Provide the Error and its Type.

Altering a memory because of misleading information.

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Error: Suggestibility
Type: Distortion

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SEVEN SINS OF MEMORY
Provide the Error and its Type.

Influence of current knowledge on our memory for past events.

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Error: Bias
Type: Distortion

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SEVEN SINS OF MEMORY
Provide the Error and its Type.

The resurgence of unwanted or disturbing memories that we would like to forget.

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Error: Persistence
Type: Forgetting

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SITUATIONAL | SEVEN SINS OF MEMORY
Provide the Error and its Type.

It’s been so long since I read the Lord of the Rings, is it the one where they climb that evil-looking mountain or the one where they fight a gold-hoarding dragon?

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Error: Transcience
Type: Forgetting

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SITUATIONAL | SEVEN SINS OF MEMORY
Provide the Error and its Type.

I left my stupid umbrella on the stupid jeep kase malalate na ako sa Biochem.

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Error: Absentmindedness
Type: Forgetting

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SITUATIONAL | SEVEN SINS OF MEMORY
Provide the Error and its Type.

Ahh so ganyan talaga ugali nan? I knew I had a reason not to like him the moment he introduced himself to me. Now that I think about it, he was so rude.

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Error: Bias
Type: Distortion

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SITUATIONAL | SEVEN SINS OF MEMORY
Provide the Error and its Type.

Sobrang hiya ko kanina, binatian nya ako ng Happy Birthday eh nakalimutan ko pangalan niya so “Thanks… pre!” lang nasabi ko 😭.

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Error: Blocking
Type: Forgetting

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SITUATIONAL | SEVEN SINS OF MEMORY
Provide the Error and its Type.

I read on the confession board that someone vandalized one of the bathroom stalls. Now that I think about it, I’m pretty sure I remember someone leaving the same bathroom holding what looked like a spray can.

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Error: Suggestibility
Type: Distortion

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SITUATIONAL | SEVEN SINS OF MEMORY
Provide the Error and its Type.

No matter how hard I try, I can’t forget the hurt look on my brother’s face the day I told him I wasn’t proud of him.

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Error: Persistence
Type: Forgetting

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SITUATIONAL | SEVEN SINS OF MEMORY
Provide the Error and its Type.

Sayo ko ba narinig na may nagcheat dun sa Midterms o kay Ma’am..?

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Error: Misattribution
Type: Distortion

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