PS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Suggestibility

• School: Quinnipiac University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PS 101
• Professor: Michaud, S

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Retrieval: recall, the ability to recall information not in conscious awareness. Recognition: memory that seems familiar which a person needs only the ability to identify items previously learned. Relearning: memory measure that assists in the amount of time saved when learning for the second time. Dejavu: the wear(cid:455) se(cid:374)se that (cid:455)ou"ve e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)ed this (cid:271)efore; cues from a current situation that makes the subconsciousness trigger retrieval of an earlier experience. Moods (emotions): a congruent tendency to recollect experiences that are consistent with o(cid:374)e"s (cid:272)urre(cid:374)t good or (cid:271)ad (cid:373)oods. Our moods play a big role in trying to remember certain things. Forgetting: we talk about forgetting in something called memory failures. Daniel shader created the 7: absent minded, unused information, blocking, confusing the source of information, suggestibility, biased, persistence/unwanted memories. Encoding failures: the (cid:374)euro(cid:374)s are(cid:374)"t (cid:271)ri(cid:374)gi(cid:374)g the (cid:373)essage (cid:272)orre(cid:272)tl(cid:455) Post traumatic stress disorder: memories and abuse have been studied, any stressful situation. Spend more time rehearsing or actively thinking about the material.