PSYC 213 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Phantom Limb, Free Recall, Xerography
25 Apr 2012
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Memory traces often conceived of as replicas of previous experiences. Recording device: works as long as the recall of previous experiences is accurate. Mystic writing pad: a model of memory based on a children"s toy writing tablet that allows messages to be written on one level, while fragments of old messages accumulate on another. Memories are after effects of perception, but they tend to run into one another. if inferences, memory would be a reconstruction of the past and prone to error. The analogy helps make a distinction between memory traces and schemas. Reappearance hypothesis: the hypothesis that memory is a re-experiencing of the past. Flashbulb memories: vivid, detailed memories of significant events. Brown and kulik (1977): asked undergrads to recall the circumstances under which they heard of the death of president kennedy. Wrote a free recall account and estimated how consequential they felt the event was and how frequently they talked about it.
