What is the definition of memory? Make reference to lecture
Front
The capacity to retain and retrieve info. The ablity to talk about events in the past.
Back
Why do we say memory is reconstructive? Give an example of source misattribution
Front
People change, delete, and add elements in ways to make sense of info/events. Flashbulb memories
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What is biology memory
Front
-Chem and structural changes in neurons
-hippocampus at first then cerebral counter
- Some neurons become more receptive to incoming messages
-renal hormones improve memory
Back
Why is eyewitness unreliable
Front
-Reconstructive nature of memory
-Emotional state
-Ethnic unfamiliarity or prejudice
-Subjective way questions are posed
Back
Why did we say the PDP model seems to make more sense than the three box model of memory
Front
PDP is non linear the network of neurons in our brain
3 box- sensory, short term, long term- no different parts where memory is stored. computer analogy
Back
What is confabulation? Example
Front
The confusion of imagined events with real ones. Remember things that never happened.