Psychology 3229A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Daniel Schacter, Inchoative Aspect, Optical Illusion

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 3229A/B
• Professor: Scott Mac Dougall- Shackleton

Document Summary

When our memories are fallible: an adaptive account: daniel schacter proposes an adaptive explanation for why memories are fallible by listing wheat he calls the seven sins of memory. The gradual weakening or loss of memory over time. A breakdown at the interface between attention and memory. It is not a failure of memory per se because we never actually adequately stored the appropriate information. Failing to retrieve information that we know we know, for example, the infuriating tip of the tongue" phenomenon. Incorrect memories as a result of leading questions or comments when we"re trying to recall a past event. The repeated recall of disturbing or unpleasant events. Not being able to remember in detail what you did years or weeks ago. Not being able to remember the name of a familiar person or song. Incorrectly remembering that someone told you a story when in fact you read it in a book.