01:830:101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Anterograde Amnesia, Amyloid, Connectionism

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: Rob Foels

Document Summary

We should not expect our accounts of the past to be identical to those of other people or even of our own previous renditions of the past. Reconstructionist model of memory in which memories are understood as creative blending of fact and fiction. Over time memories can fade and can become more vulnerable to the invasion of new information. Memories can be changed in response to new information. The wording of questions can change the way events are recalled. Misinformation effect- the tendency for new and misleading information obtained after an incident to distort one"s memory of it. Information learned after the event can unknowingly get mixed in with memories of that event. Rich false memories- recollections of an event that never occurred, which are expressed with emotions and confidence and include details. When a memory is repressed it is unconsciously pushed below the threshold of awareness. Amnesia, or memory loss, can result from either a physical or psychological condition.