PSYC 365 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Eyewitness Memory, Prospective Memory, Free Recall
15 Jul 2016
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~ the by-product of memory failure or error that results from the normal mechanisms under which memory operates in our daily lives. ~ can be :( but are adaptive ex. blocking keeps us from being overwhelmed by memories we don"t need, allowing us to quickly retrieve the memories we do need through their reconstruction. 2. absentmindedness lack of attention during encoding or retrieval failure of prospective memory. 3. blocking tip of the tongue knowing the info but unable to retrieve it occurs more frequently with proper names and unusual words. 4. source misattribution remembering something from a different source than the one it was actually learned from ex. Jennifer thompson remembered cotton from police-lineup instead of from the attack or other eyewitness who identi ed someone who they encountered in another situation. 5. suggestibility others" suggestions and statements can alter our actual memories or create false memories ex. police con rmed jt"s choice of cotton as suspect.
