PSYCO258 Chapter 8: PSYCO258 (chapter 8)
22 Nov 2016
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The process involved in retaining, retrieving, and using information after the original information is no longer present. Some information gets in, some of that information is lost, and only come can be successfully retrieved. What we remember may be changed from what actually happened. Demonstrates some limits to our ability to remember. Memory is created by a process of construction, which is based on what actually happened combined with other things that have happened and out general knowledge about how things happen. Autobiographical memory: what has happened in my life. Definition: memory for specific experiences from our life, which can include both episodic and semantic components. We now consider two additional characteristics of autobiographical memory: the multidimensional nature of am. Am is multidimensional because it consists of spatial, emotional, and sensory components. Visual experience plays a role in forming and retrieving am.
