Chapter 8 mem&cog

metamemory

awareness of your own memory

source monitoring

knowing where memory came from

source monitoring failure

mixing up the source

cryptomnesia

accidental plagiarism

prospective memory

remembering to do things in the future

time-based prospective memory

remember at a specific time (harder)

event-based prospective memory

remember when something happens (easier)

judgements of learning (JOLs)

predicting if you’ll remember

why are JOLs inaccurate?

info is still in short-term memory

feeling of knowing (FOK)

think you’ll recognize it later

tip of the tongue (TOT)

almost able to recall

false memory

memory of something that didn’t happen

DRM task

people recall a related word not shown

memory integration

combining info into one memory

misinformation effect

new info changes memory

source misattribution

confusing original vs new info

misinformation acceptance

believing wrong info is real

reconsolidation

memory becomes changeable when recalled

implanted memories

false memories created by suggestion

suggestibility paradigm

leading people to form false memories

mcmartin case

false memories from suggestive questioning

overconfidence in memory

thinking memory is more accurate than it is

processing fluency

easy processing = more confidence

what increases false memories?

repetition, imagination, suggestion

autobiographical memory

personal life memories

infantile amnesia

can’t remember early childhood

why infantile amnesia ends

language, self-awareness, brain development

deferred imitation

copying actions later

rovee-collier study

babies remember kicking → mobile moves

reminiscence bump

best memory for ages 15-25