psychology memory

Memories before what age are unreliable?

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misinformation effect.

After being verbally threatened by a person in a passing car, Samantha was asked if she recognized the man who was driving the car. Several hours later, Samantha mistakenly recalled that the driver was male rather than female. Samantha's experience best illustrates the _____.

memory construction

Every time we "replay" a memory, we replace the original memory with a slightly modified version. Researchers call this _____.

memory construction

Every time we "replay" a memory, we replace the original memory with a slightly modified version. Researchers call this:

overconfident

Our ability to recognize material can make us feel _____, which might lead to poorer performance on certain tests.

eal perceptions; real memories

Perceptual illusions are to _____ as false memories are to _____.

memory construction

The surprising ease with which people form false memories best illustrates that encoding and retrieval involve _____.

Misinformation Effect

When people are given subtle misleading information about a past event, they often misremember the true details surrounding the event. This is known as the _____.