PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Suggestibility, Lake Trout
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Absentmindedness: attention failures result in memory failures, encoding failure. Information not encoded at any stage will be forgotten. Blocking: an encoded, stored memory cannot be readily retrieved from storage (cid:862)tip of to(cid:374)gue(cid:863) phe(cid:374)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)o(cid:374) Memory misattribution: attributing a memory or idea to the wrong source. May result in false recognition, misidentification, unintentional plagiarism: source memory memory for the source and context in which information was learned. Suggestibility: the tendency to incorporate misleading or faulty information into memories, misinformation effect. She got people to form complete memories based on someone they trusted telling them it happened. We can create our own false memories. Bias: present knowledge, feelings, and personal beliefs influence the memory of previous experiences. Persistence: the tendency for unwanted or traumatic memories to intrude into consciousness, flashbulb memories highly specific memories for emotional events. High stress and strong emotions enhance memory formation.
