Reconstructive memory

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  • Created by: Alissa
  • Created on: 10-05-13 16:09
do we remember events exactly as they happen?
no
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We remember events in a way that...?
makes sense to us
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is our memory: Accurate or innaccurate?
innaccurate
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What is our memory influenced by?
past experiences and stereotypes
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what do you call an organised chunk of knowledge?
schema
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schemas are useful because they contain all our past...?
knowledge
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schemas help us to understand...?
the world around us
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schemas help us to ..... properly in social situations?
behave
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Schemas help us to preict future events based on our... ?
past experiences
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what might we do to memories that do not fit in with our expectations?
distort them
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schemas allow us to ...?
guess
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Evidence to support?
Strength war of the ghosts
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usefulness?
strength cognitive interview
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reductionist?
weakness how schemas developed
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individual differences?
strength recollection differences
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scientific?
strength scientific experiments
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