Exam 7: Memory Errors

Jonathan cannot explicitly retrieve memories following a traumatic brain injury. Which area of his brain is likely damaged?

What does the statement "Memory is reconstructive" mean? Include information related to biology and psychology in your response.

Discuss potential methodology you could use to test the occurrence of false memory. Specifically, what kind of stimuli would you use?

Imagine that you are recalling a conversation you recently had with someone concerning an interesting event in your hometown. You cannot remember the details of the event, but you end up supplementing your memory based on the recollections of your friend. What are you potentially falling victim to?

Having a new hit single stuck in your head all day is an example of memory bias.

Altering memories or creating false memories for events we have never experienced is ______.

Psychologists refer to normal forgetting of information over time as ______.

Law enforcement officials have applied the findings of eyewitness memory research to ______.

Ava tells her friend a joke, thinking that she invented it herself, when she actually had heard it about six weeks before. This is an example of source misattribution.

List Daniel Schacter's seven "sins" of memory, and give an example of each. Which memory "sin" interests you most, and why?

The DRM procedure assesses ______.

Which of the following is a way to improve memory in elderly people?

Explain how the memory "sin" of persistence can affect people in minor and major ways. Provide at least two examples of unwanted memory persistence.

Having a jingle from a commercial stuck in your head all day is an example of ______.

Cognitive interviews ______ the accurate witness retrieval of event details as compared to typical police questioning.

A lack of attention during encoding or retrieval results in poor memory and is known as ______.

Most adults have childhood amnesia for most memories that took place before what age?

Based on what you have read in this chapter, which of these statements is most likely to reflect bias?

Protein fibers that develop in a neuron's nucleus, decreasing its ability to function properly, are called ______.

In Loftus and Palmer's study, participants were more likely to report seeing broken glass when they were presented with which word?