PSY270H1 Lecture Notes - Psy, Episodic Memory, Eidetic Memory
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Everyday memories & memory errors 10/15/2012 1:12:00 pm. To truly understand memory we need to consider how memory operates in the environment. When we do this, we find that we make many errors in memory and that these errors have something to tell us about the basic mechanisms of memory. Prospective memory is remembering to perform intended actions: einstein and mcdaniel showed that prospective memory is better when cues for remembering are distinctive. Time-based prospective memory tasks (e. g. take pill every morning) are more difficult to remember than event-based tasks (e. g. brush your teeth every morning when you wake up). A solution is to turn a time-based task into an event-based task. (e. g. place pill next to your toothbrush: autobiographical memory: what has happened in my life. Autobiographical memory has been defined as recollected events that belong to a person"s past.
