Spinrad/Psychology Memory is a reconstructive process
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Spinrad/Psychology
Memory is a reconstructive process
Memory is manufactured
Source amnesia
Other information is integrated into memories and cannot be
distinguished from the original memory
Flashbulb memories
Memories of emotional events that seem photographic—are not always complete or accurate, especially with
the passage of time.
The conditions of confabulation
• Person has thought about the imagined event many times
• The image of the event contains lots of details
• The event is easy to imagine• The rememberer focuses on his/her reaction
to the event rather than on what actually happened
Would the following “memories” be easily confabulated?
Which of the following phone numbers would be more easily
memorized? Why?
List A
• 645-2685• 363-6422• 825-9746• 732-6455• 876-5447• 294-3977
List B
• OIL BOTL• EME NIBB• HAL YRIN• SEA MILK• TRO KHIS• BYG FYSS
List C
• SE2-6455• TR6-5447• BY4-3977• MI5-2685• HA5-9746• EM3-6422