Exam 8: Remembering Complex Events

The misinformation effect refers to the fact that false information,presented after a participant has encoded an event,can alter the participant's subsequent recall of the event.This "planting" of memories

Imagine you are asked to testify at a trial as an expert on eyewitness memory.The defendant is charged with armed robbery,and the prosecution has presented a witness who says that shortly after the crime was committed,she saw the defendant running down the street with a bag in his hands.What would you tell the jury about the accuracy of eyewitness memory in your testimony?

Explain how the passage of time influences memory,both at shorter durations (hours,days)and longer durations (years,decades).

Which of the following claims about memory accuracy is FALSE?

Connections among our various memories do all of the following EXCEPT

Some researchers have suggested that highly painful memories can be repressed.This theory

Forgetting is generally ________ over the first few minutes and hours and then ________ over subsequent time periods.

Memory errors and distortions have been documented

Memory schemas,or schemata,serve as representations of our ________ knowledge.

Baddeley and Hitch asked rugby players to remember all of the rugby games they had played over the course of a single season.According to their data,which is the most important factor in determining whether the players will remember a particular game?

Flashbulb memories are extremely detailed,vivid memories usually associated with highly emotional events.The accuracy of these memories seems

When presented with a list of words along a theme (e.g. ,"bed," "rest," "slumber," "dream," "tired"),participants often (mis)recall the theme word as part of the list (e.g. ,"sleep").This procedure is commonly referred to as the

Shruti and Ryan both witness a car accident;they later discuss what they saw.Unfortunately,Ryan is mistaken about some aspects of the accident,and so part of what he says to Shruti is false.Shruti is less likely to adopt Ryan's false memories if

Soldiers sometimes show a pattern referred to as "battlefield amnesia." The soldier is awake and functioning during the battle,then goes back to camp,gets a night's sleep,and then,in the morning,has no memory of the battle.Repression is one explanation for this pattern,but other,less controversial explanations also exist.Which of the following is LEAST likely as a potential explanation for why memories might be encoded poorly during a traumatic event?

In a study by Brewer and Treyens (1981),participants waited in an experimenter's office for the experiment to begin.After they left the room,they learned that the study was about their memory of that office.This study demonstrated that

After a witness identifies a suspect,what is the effect of receiving feedback (e.g. ,"that's correct")?

Bartlett asked British participants to read stories from Native American folklore,and he later asked them to recall details of the stories.His findings reveal which important idea about memory?

If given the list of the words "white," "frost," "freeze," and "flake," which word will people be most likely to erroneously report on a later memory test?

Dmitri witnessed a bank robbery but now seems unable to remember what he saw.To improve Dmitri's recall,a friend hypnotizes him and asks him,while he is hypnotized,to recall the crime.Research indicates that if questioned while under hypnosis Dmitri will

In the process of memory consolidation,memories are