PPT-Chapter 8 False Memory Recovered Memories: The Reality of Repression

Recovered memories Memories typically of traumatic experiences that have been forgotten to be retrieved later Loftus No such thing as recovered memories Current thinking Some recovered memories are real but many may be false. Of course, there’s a lot of overlap between studies on. remember and studies on forgetting. Go through. all of these slides on the class website homepage and write. down at least 3 things you didn’t already know about. Article . Analysis Presentation. Introduction. Memory. Memory D. istortions. Repressed . Memories. Autobiographical . Memory. Article:1 . . False recollection. Memory . errors. Naturalistics. Suggestion . 5.5.16. Part . 7. Construction. 3. Memory Construction. While tapping our memories, we . fill . in missing . info . to make our recall more . coherent. Misinformation Effect: . incorporating . misleading information into one's memory of an . Repression. T. he . rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses. .. . According to the theory, something happens that is so shocking that the mind grabs hold of the memory and pushes it underground, into some inaccessible corner of the unconscious. There it sleeps for years, or even decades, or even forever–isolated from the rest of mental life. Then, one day, it may rise up and emerge into consciousness. Anna Fraser, Holly Lester & Marah Lind. What is Long-Term Memory?. Described as a place for storing large amounts of information for indefinite periods of time . Aspects of Long-Term Memory. Capacity. : . A . group of . related . mental processes that are involved in acquiring, storing, and retrieving information. What Is Memory?. M. emory . involves . three fundamental processes.. Encoding. : . T. Three Key Processes in . Memory. Encoding. :. Getting Information into Memory. Attention . = focusing . awareness on a narrowed range of stimuli or events. .. Facilitates . encoding, is inherently . selective, . . By Kelly Bauer, Lindsay Marsh, and Jackie Martin. What are false memories?. False memories occur when a person believes they saw something that was never presented to them.. Types of distracters- normal versus special. 6. If you could have your memory of any part, event, period, instance, etc. of your life erased what would you chose and/or would you do it?. Journal: Day . 7. In your everyday life, what sorts of strategies do you use to help you remember things you don’t want to forget? (i.e. studying for a test, remembering all the things you must do in a day, attempting to remember the name of someone whom you have just met, etc.). Chapter 6: Memory Memory is our brain’s system for filing away new knowledge and retrieving previously learned information While memory is an essential human attribute, it is not always accurate Learning Keyboard. (Encoding). Disk. (Storage). Monitor. (Retrieval. Sequential Process. Studying memory. Memory. Persistence of learning over time through the encoding, storage, and retrieval of information. Marcia K. Johnson and Carol L. Raye and planning, deliberate imaging, actively searching for apiece of information and drawing conclusions). Similarly,on average, the memories from a specific external Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory. Learning Targets. 33-1. Explain why we forget.. 33-2. . Discuss how misinformation, imagination, and source amnesia influence our memory construction, and describe how we decide whether a memory is real or false.. How Does Your Memory Work? Video Questions. 1. What part of your brain springs to action when your memory “network” is activated? . 2. Describe these 3 major functions of memory as described in the video: .