Chapter 8 Quiz

The misinformation effect occurs when a person's memory for an event is modified by misleading information presented ___

after the event

Your text's discussion of false memories leads to the conclusion that false memories _____

arise from the same constructive processes that produce true memories

For most adults over age 40, the reminiscence bump describes enhanced memory for ____

adolescence and young adulthood

Which of the following is the most accurate statement regarding post-event information and the misinformation effect?

Even when participants are told that the post-event information is incorrect, the misinformation effect can still occur

____ occurs when reading a sentence leads a person to expect something that is not explicitly stated or necessarily implied by the sentence

Pragmatic inference

____ occurs when more recent learning impairs memory for something that happened further back in the past.

Retroactive interference

A lesson to be learned from the research on flashbulb memories is that ____

extreme vividness of a memory does not mean it is accurate

Your text's discussion of eyewitness testimony illustrates that this type of memory is frequently influenced by all of the following EXCEPT ____

failing to elaboratively rehearse these kinds of events due to fear

In the experiment in which participants sat in an office and then were asked to remember what they saw in the office, participants "remembered" some things, like books, that weren't actually there. This experiment illustrates the effect of _____ on memory.

schemas

Research on eyewitness testimony has shown that the more confident the person giving the testimony is of their memories, ____

the more convincing the testimony is to a jury