Psychology 3130A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Sketchpad, Working Memory, Executive Functions

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 3130A/B
• Professor: John Paul Minda

Document Summary

Absent-mindedness - one of schacter"s seven sins of memory , absent-mindedness is a failure of memory that occurs when a person fails to encode a memory because they were not paying attention or were temporarily distracted. Availability heuristic - the tendency to base judgements or decisions on the information that is most available in memory or information that is most easily brought to mind. This can lead to a bias in which people ignore or discount relevant, less available information in favour of what is in their active memory. Bias (in memory) - one of schacter"s seven sins of memory , this refers to the distorting influences of a person"s present knowledge, their beliefs, and their feelings on the recollection of previous experiences. Blocking (in memory) - one of schacter"s seven sins of memory , blocking refers to a failure of memory when a person cannot recall something that is present in memory, possibly due to a temporary block.