PSYC 2650 Chapter Notes -Autobiographical Memory, Cognitive Psychology, Ecological Validity
1 Aug 2013
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If x is an interesting or socially significant aspect of memory, then psychologists have hardly ever studied x. Neisser (1978, coined term cognitive psychology: ecological validity how well phenomenon demonstrates real world mechanisms. Around this time, some psychologists start to look at applied research methods. Sometimes the connections tie an episode to certain ideas: not separate file for each memory, rather, density of connections ties memories together, can sometimes forget which bits of information where involved in which episode. Intrusion errors: errors in which other knowledge intrudes into the remembered event: participants read either prologue and story or just story, those who read prologue as well as story made four times as many intrusion errors. People incorrectly recall sweet when writing down words. High confidence for incorrect as correct (that sweet appeared on list) Same results with clear warnings (even with vague warnings, trick still works) Limits in time (takes time eg. child adult, ri)
