PSYC 2650 Chapter Notes -Space Shuttle Challenger, Treatment As Prevention, Mull
18 Feb 2013
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Research participants so far have been asked to memorize word lists or short sen- tences. In our daily lives we encounter much more complex materials involving many actions and many players and these episodes are integrated into the fabric of our lives. First we"ll consider some of the errors that can arise when people try to remember episodes that are related to other things they know and have experienced. Second we"ll consider some of the factors that are directly pertinent to memory as it functions in day-to-day life e. g. emotion, time. Sometimes when you try to remember an episode you simply draw a blank. Sometimes you recall a past episode but your memory is mistaken. Memory errors: some initial examples in 1992, in amsterdam, a cargo plane lost power and crashed into an apartment build- ing. 29/30 participants correctly remembered that there was a desk and a chair (in advance they would know that academic offices usually contain these)
