PSY 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Word Association, Mnemonic, Psych

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Psychology (PSY)
• Course: PSY 001
• Professor: del rio

Document Summary

We filter or fill in missing pieces of info so our recall makes more sense. Misinformation effect: incorporating misleading information into one"s memory of an event. Eyewitnesses reconstruct their memories when questioned about the event. They were asked two weeks later was there broken glass, b said there was more than a (there wasn"t) Loftus" research shows that if false memories are implanted in individuals they construct memories. Memory can be altered which can lead to false memories we believe are true. Technical accuracy: recalling or recognizing exactly what happened (usually bad) Content accuracy: recalling or recognizing meaning or content of what was experienced (usually good) Personality: an individual"s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting. Behaviour is dynamic interaction between conscious and unconscious mind. Focus on inner ability for growth and self-fulfillment. His patients with nervous disorders that could not be explained by physical causes. Developed the first comprehensive theory of personality.