PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7.3: Guided Imagery, Leading Question, Memory Consolidation
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Joordens: how memories are organized and constructed, the schema: an active organization process. Schemas: organized clusters of memories that constitute one"s knowledge about events, objects, and ideas. Schemas are activated when we encounter familiar events/objects and affect what we expect, pay attention to, and remember: how schemas influence memory. Schemas are involved in all three stages of memory: schemas guide what we attend to during encoding, organizing stored memories, and serve as cues when it comes to information retrieval. Schemas seem to be a product of culture and experience. Schemas (can although be inaccurate) do exist and likely help with the process of memory consolidation: essentially rewriting parts of the brain when you add new schema. Don"t necessarily indicate a dysfunction of memory, but rather reflect normal memory processes. Loftus & palmer (1974) experiment on car crash incidents ( smash vs hit )
