Exam 7: The Reconstructive Nature of Memory

Hirst and colleagues' study of flashbulb memories for the events of September 11 showed that participants' memory for ______ details fell sharply while memory for ______ details was better preserved.

Brewer (1988)found that memory for ______ was typically better than memory for ______.

Weaver (1993)found that the rate of decay for memory of conversations with roommates was ______ compared to the rate of decay for memory of the beginning of the Gulf War.

Bartlett's (1932)studies used a method known as ______ in which participants were asked to recall information on more than one occasion.

Some studies suggest that autobiographical memories are relatively accurate,especially for "memorable" events.

Compare and contrast differences in false memory for autobiographical events and semantic memory (as demonstrated by word lists).

Your memory of your tenth birthday party including how you felt,what you did,and where you is an example of ______ memory.

Which of the following techniques might be used to improve the reliability of eyewitness memory?

According to Weaver (1993),flashbulb memories only requires ______ to form rather than special,unique,or historical circumstances.

Research on false memory creations suggests that about ______ of participants report "memories" of suggested events that never really occurred.

Bauer and colleagues (2014)suggested that our first autobiographical memories are significant because ______.

In studies of false memory creation,80% of participants "remembered" autobiographical events that had never actually occurred.

Barsalou (1988)found that participants were much more likely to ______ events than to have ______ recollections.

Brewer's (1988)methodology involved asking participants to record events they were engaged in at various times throughout the day.Brewer argued that this avoid bias from simply examining ______ events.

Studies of flashbulb memory indicate that ______.

According to Robinson and Swanson (1990),memories for events that we experience repeatedly become harder to remember distinctively because they transform into a(n)______.

Imagine that you are on a jury,and the key evidence against the defendant is an eyewitness's testimony.What could you tell the other jurors about the accuracy of such testimony?

Weaver and Hirst's studies reinforce the notion that ______ does not necessarily lead to increased memory ______.

Lane and colleagues (2015)suggested that which of the following could be important to help patients recover from traumatic experiences and memories?

Eyewitness memory could best be described as ______.