Cognitive Psychology Ch8 Everyday Memory and Memory Errors
Unconscious plagiarism of the work of others is known as
Cryptomenesia
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
Lindsay and coworkers "slime in the first-grade teacher's desk" experiment showed that presenting
a photograph of the participant's first-grade class increased the likelihood of false memories
In the "word list" false memory experiment where several students incorrectly remembered hearing the word sleep, false memory occurs because of
constructive memory processes
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
"S," who had a photographic memory that was described as virtually limitless, was able to achieve many feats of memory. According to the discussion in your text, S's memory system operated _____
less efficiently than normal
Kieran found that studying for his Spanish exam made it more difficult to remember some of the vocabulary words he had just studied for his French exam earlier in the day. This is an example of
retroactive interference
In the word list experiment that was based on work by Deese (1959) and Roediger & McDermott (1995), many students incorrectly remembered hearing the word ________ as part of the list of presented stimuli. This highlights a disadvantage of memory's constructive nature.
sleep
Stanny and Johnson's "weapons focus" experiment, investigating memory for crime scenes, found that
the presence of a weapon hinders memory for other parts of the event
Research on eyewitness testimony reveals that
when viewing a lineup, an eyewitness's confidence in her choice of the suspect can be increased by an authority's confirmation of her choice, even when the choice is wrong
