Reconstructive Memory: Vocab

Reconstructive memory

The process of remembering an event, where the memory isn’t a perfect replica of the experience but is instead a reconstruction based on fragments of the original memory, combined with other factors like schemas, knowledge, and expectations

Misleading questions

Misleading information becomes integrated into the recall of the event, leading to a false or inaccurate memory

Post-event information

Any information about an event that is received after the event has already occurred

Recall

The process of retrieving previously learned information or events from memory without specific cues or hints

Recognition

The process of identifying something as familiar from a previously encountered stimulus