Research on Memory Reconstruction and Memory Improvement

Memory reconstructions are extremely accurate reproductions of information from one's long-term memory.

False

Research seems to indicate that using a narrative to recall information leads to decreased levels of recall.

False

Creating a mental image wherein items to be remembered are linked together is an example of the link method.

True

Deciding whether or not something occurred is a process called reality monitoring.

True

For deep processing to occur, it is best to study information in several smaller sessions than in one long session.

True

Information can be overlearned if one continues to practice it after it has been mastered.

True

It is possible for a mix up to occur between fictitious and factual information.

True

One way to enhance deep processing is to make the information personal.

True

The misinformation effect occurs when people incorrectly recall an event they've witnessed due to misleading information about the event.

True

W. C. F. Krueger's study, which involved students memorizing a list of nouns they had already mastered, contributed to studying the effects of which of the following?

overlearning