PSYC 2265 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Attention, Ram Parity, Long-Term Memory
22 Apr 2017
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Psyc 2265 lecture 18 autobiographical memory: memory errors. Memory errors: memory is fairly accurate, but also subject to its reconstructive nature, memory errors can have serious consequences (ex. false convictions) Seven sins of memory: sins of omission, transience: memory loss with passage of time, absentmindness: general forgetfulness. Over time, reproduction of the stories became shorter, and contained more omissions and inaccuracies. Participants had changed the stories in order to make it more consistent with their own culture. Factors influencing encoding memory: perceptual factors, the viewing conditions during memory such as lighting and distance, emotion & stress, usually narrows ones focus. Less attention to peripheral details and focusing more on central details. An example of this is the weapon focus effect (i. e. we tend to focus on a weapon: cross-racial identification, own-race bias. The conviction of howard haupt (loftus, 1991) Then read nonfamous names from acquisition as well as new nonfamous names and new famous names.
