memory
What is Memory?
■Memory: processes involved in retaining, retrieving, and using information about stimuli, images, events, ideas, and skills after the original information is no longer present
examples of Flashbulb Memories
o9/11 terror attacks
oKennedy assassination
oChallenger explosion
oWalmart shooting (EPTX)
An example of bias?
distortions made by your personal knowledge and beliefs.
local sports team
favorite color scheme
relation to a person
source monitoring error is?
when you misidentify the source of memory
what is Associative learning?
The association between two stimuli, or between a stimulus and a response.
■What code do we use to hold information in immediate memory?
–Predominantly auditory/verbally.
Can Flashbulb memories change over time?
Yes they can change over time.
Unwanted recollections and intrusive memories are an example of?
persistence
What is cryptomnesia
when you plagiarize without knowing due to the lack of memory from copying.
Three processes of the memory system are ?
Encoding—sensory information to STM
Consolidation—information may be consolidated into long-term storage
Retrieval—stored information is retrieved
•What kinds of events from our lives are we most likely to remember?
autobiographical memory
What is absentmindness?
Lapses of attention
Forgetting to do things
Attributing memories to incorrect sources is an example of?
Misattribution
Major errors in eye-witness testimonies
attention to detail due to prioritization
Nonassociative learning Involves how many stimuli?
only one stimulus
The parts of multitdimensional memory
Spatial, emotional, and sensory components
Example of blocking
Inaccessibility of stored memories
trauma blocking.
what is Transcience?
o Decreasing accessibility of a memory over time
Errors of false confessions can be?
•Can be elicited by suggestive questioning/misleading information
• Can be elicited by false memories
• Can be elicited by fake evidence
Priming is?
ua change in stimulus processing due to prior exposure to the stimulus
What events are remembered well?
oSignificant events in a person’s life
oHighly emotional events
oTransition points
•Reminiscence bump -------
Example of suggestibility
Incorporating forms of misinformation into your memory
What is source memory?
trying to determine the source of our memories
What is the weapons focus effect?
Attention is taken away from what is happening and focused only on the weapon
An electroencephalogram (EEG records what?
electrical activity in the brain.