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PSC100 CH6.3-6.6

Autobiographical Memory, Memory Failures, Eyewitness

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Autobiographical memory memory for the events in one's life
infantile amnesio inability to remember the earliest years of our lives
Hyperthymestic syndrome rare condition in which people have significantly superior autobiographical memory
Flashbulb memories vivid memories associated with particularly emotional events (associated with greater confidence, but also susceptible to distortion)
transience the fading of memories over time
forgetting curve shows how quickly info fades from memory (forgetting occurs most rapidly soon after learning and then starts to level off)
savings measure how much less you would need to study material in a second study session, compared with a first, in order to learn it perfectly
misattribution can lead to unconscious plagiarism
source misattribution confusions about the sources of our memories
source confusion trouble distinguishing memories of external events from memories of internally generated info (eg. false memory effect)
memory suggestibility the altering of memory through leading questions and cues
schemas knowledge or expectations about an event, which lead to bias
consistency bias a tendency to remember the impact of events through the lens of their impact on us today
"double-blind" lineup officers supervising the lineup are not aware of who the suspect is
sequential lineup lineup members are shown one at a time
simultaneous lineup lineup members are shown simultaneously
cognitive interview asking mostly open-ended questions at a slow pace to allow witnesses to focus on their memory
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