PSYC 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Egocentric Bias, Cortisol, Amygdala
1 Feb 2018
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Bias: distorting influences of present knowledge, beliefs, and feelings on recollection of previous experiences. What people remember about their pasts says less about what actually happened than about what they think, feel, or believe now. Current moods can also influence our recall of past experiences. Persistence: intrusive recollection of events that we wish we could forget: often occurs after disturbing or traumatic events. Intrusive memories are undesirable consequences of emotional experiences because emotional experiences generally create more vivid and enduring recollections than non-emotional experiences do: flashbulb memories: detailed recollections of when and where we heard about shocking events.
