PSY 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Reminiscence Bump, Interference Theory, Psy
18 Oct 2018
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Memories would have fewer overlapping cues, so less competition. Clicker: learning an incorrect detail about an event you witnessed after the fact is an example of retroactive interference. Fan effects do not speed up processing information. Reminiscence bump - peak in autobiographical memories recalled from when you are. Ver(cid:455) large (cid:374)u(cid:373)(cid:271)er of auto(cid:271)iographi(cid:272)al (cid:373)e(cid:373)ories re(cid:272)alled for 70+ (cid:455)ears old (cid:271)ut data is from 70+ year olds, so these memories are relatively recent. Lots of (cid:862)firsts(cid:863), (cid:271)ut (cid:373)e(cid:373)ories are lost. Low recall of memories from 0-10 years of age. Leads to different age of 1st memory. Your first date (or other important firsts - a contributor to the reminiscence bump) # of consistent details decline with time for both flashbulb and everyday memories. # of inconsistent details increase for both. Confidence correlates with emotional rating, but not with accuracy. Clicker: the reminiscence bump occurs for memories of events from adolescence and early adulthood.
