Psych: Forgetting, Memory Construction, And Improving Memory (Mod 22)

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The 3 sins of forgetting

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Absentmindedness-inattention to detail leads to encoding failure
Transience- storage decay over time
Blocking- inaccessibility of stored information

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3 sins of distortion

Back 2

Misattribution- confusing the source of information
Suggestibility- the lingering effects of misinformation (a later suggestion becomes a real memory)
Bias- belief-colored recollections

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One sin of intrusion

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Persistence- unwanted memories (being haunted by bad memories)

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Forgetting curve

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Shows that there is a large drop in memory retention after one day, but that gradually this levels off.

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Proactive interference

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When something you learned earlier disrupts your recall of a later experience.

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Retroactive interference

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When new information makes it harder to recall something you learned earlier.

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Repression

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Freud's concept that we seek to repress, or bury, painful memories to protect ourselves and to minimize anxiety.

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Misinformation effect

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After exposure to subtle misinformation, many people misremember.

Example: When asked whether there was broken glass when the cars "slammed" into eachother causes more people to incorrectly remember that there was broken glass.

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Source amnesia

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When a person becomes confused about the sources of stimuli in memories.

Example: A woman who was raped remembered the the rapist's face as of a man on TV that night.