Schacter's Seven Sins of Memory
forgetting with time; storage decay
Transience
conscious repetition of information to be remembered
Rehearsal
can remember old events, but not new semantic or episodic info
Anterograde amnesia
the number one contributing cause of wrongful convictions
eyewitness misidentification
attention lapses; often results in apparent forgetfulness
Absentmindedness
helps organize information
building new memories
construction
memory loss that happens before the actual memory process begins
Encoding failure
source of memory is confused; false memory created by you
Misattribution
thinking about the meaning of info and applying it to existing knowledge
Elaborative Rehearsal
cannot remember events from before incident
Retrograde amnesia
when old information hinders the recall of newly learned information
proactive interference
"tip of the tongue" phenomenon; have the information but cannot retrieve it
Blocking
organize info into manageable pieces
Chunking
building up new memories
reconstruction
what part of the brain is usually affected for someone with anterograde amnesia
Hippocampus
memories continue/pop up when we don't want them to (ex. traumatic events)
Persistence
ROYGBIV is an example of
Mnemonic devices
after exposure to incorrect information, a person may misremember the original event
Misinformation effect paradigm
when information you learned recently hinders the recall of older info
Retroactive Interference