Memory Construction Errors

16 important questions on Memory Construction Errors

We automatically filter information and fill missing pieces in our memories

Memory Construction

__ makes the world more predictable and usually makes memory more efficient

Memory Construction

Incorporating misleading information into one's memory of an event

Misinformation Effect
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A change in the way a question is asked can change the memory that is reported

Misinformation Effect

Once we have an inaccurate memory, we tend to keep adding more imagined details

Imagination Inflation

Attributing memory to the wrong source

Source Amnesia

__ and __ are the heart of many false memories

Source Amnesia and Misinformation Effect

Did a study on Implanted Memories; being lost in a shopping mall as a child

Elizabeth Loftus

Seven Sins of Memory

Absentmindedness
Transience
Blocking
Misattribution
Suggestibility
Bias
Persistence

Inattention to detail leads to encoding failures

Absentmindedness

Storage decay overtime

Transience

Inaccessibility of storage information leads to no retrieval

Blocking

Confusing the source of information

Misattribution

Lingering effects of misinformation

Suggestibility

__ thought of the seven sins of memory in 1999

Schatcher

Applying memory principles

Overlearn
Rehears and actively think
Use your own words and experiences
Use mnemonic devices to make stories
Activate retrieval cues
Minimize interference
Test your own knowledge

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