Ch. 7.3 - Constructing/Reconstructing Memories

Question 1

schemas (4)

Answer 1

• an organized cluster of memories that constitutes ones knowledge about, events, objects, and ideas
• mental ‘shortcuts’
• guides expectations, attention, and memory
• contributes to stereotypes

Question 2

constructive memory (3)

Answer 2

• we first recall a generalized schema and then add in specific details
• organization: schema-consistent
• distinctiveness: schema-inconsistent

Question 3

false memory

Answer 3

remembering events that didn’t occur, or incorrectly recalling details of an event

Question 4

misinformation effect (2)

Answer 4

• happens when info occurring after an event becomes part of the memory for that event
• stages car accidents

Question 5

DRM procedure

Answer 5

intrusion: recall of ‘critical lure’

Question 6

reality monitoring

Answer 6

ability to distinguish between memories for events that have actually occurred and memories for imagined events

Question 7

source monitoring (2)

Answer 7

• ability to properly attribute how (from what source) a memory originated
• destination memory errors

Question 8

imagery and false memories

Answer 8

guided imagery

Question 9

imagination inflation

Answer 9

refers to the increased confidence in a false memory of an event following repeated imagination of the event

Question 10

false photographs (imaginations inflation) (2)

Answer 10

• doctored pictures and videos

- brain activity for true vs false memories

Question 11

is eyewitness testimony reliable (2)

Answer 11

• people misidentifying and misreported events despite high confidence in their recall ability
• > 75% of wrongful convictions attributed to mistaken eyewitness

Question 12

increasing accuracy (6)

Answer 12

• double blind procedures
• appropriate instructions
• carefully composed lineup
• sequential lineups
• confidence statements
• recorded procedures

Question 13

recovered memories (3)

Answer 13

• memories of traumatic events that are suddenly recovered after blocking the memory of that event for a long period of time
• Freudian psychoanalysis and repression
• recovered memory controversy