PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Guided Imagery, Observer-Expectancy Effect, Yield Sign

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Paula Barata

Document Summary

Schemas: organized clusters of memories that constitute one"s knowledge about events, objects and ideas. Constructive memories: a process by which we first recall a generalized schema and then add in specific details. False memory: remembering events that did not occur or incorrectly. Misinformation effect: when information occurring after an event becomes part of the memory for that event. Drm procedure: participants study a list of highly related words called semantic associates. Recovered memory: a memory of traumatic event that is suddenly recovered after blocking the memory of that event for a long period of time. Recovered memory controversy: a heated debate among psychologists about the validity of recovered memories. Organized clusters of memories that constitute one"s knowledge about events, objects and ideas remember and think about people and situations. Can be used to explain many other phenomenons such as the way we perceive, We remember events using constructive memories: a process by which we first recall.