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Psy 313 -Unit 4 & Final Exam
Iowa State University - Dr. West
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
12/17/2013

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Term
: Exceptionally strong memories for unique emotional or arousing events.
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Flashbulb memory
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A tendency for individuals to become more confident of an errant decision following positive feedback
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Confirmation bias
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A task used to study illusory memory that involves encoding semantically related lists of words
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Deese-Rodiger-McDermott paradigm
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A task used to study the malleability of eyewitness memory that involves presenting a video or series of slides followed by a written description of the event
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Misinformation paradigm
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A task that is used to study the confirmation bias effect in eyewitness identification
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Post identification feedback paradigm
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A method of testing eyewitness identification that involves the presentation of a single individual in a forced choice format
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Showup
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A methods of testing eyewitness identification that involves the presentation of several individuals (5 or more) in a recognition format
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Lineup
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The finding that memory accuracy and confidence are often weakly correlated in studies of eyewitness memory
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Accuracy/confidence paradox
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Hypothesis proposed by Ribot that the likelihood that a particular memory will be lost due to injury is inversely related to the time elapsed between the event to be remembered and the injury
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Law of regression
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Sudden and severe disruption of the representation of relationships between items in an existing memory network.
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Catastrophic interference
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The negative influence of materials learned after a target item on subsequent memory for the target event
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Retroactive interference
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To undergo an active process through which a new and initially changeable or labile memory becomes permanent
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Consolidate
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A form of consolidation that involves alterations of our knowledge networks through complex interactions between brain structures lasting for weeks to years after learning experiences
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Reorganization
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Loss of memories formed prior to the onset of amnesia
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Retrograde amnesia
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: Amnesia that causes greater loss of memories for events that occurred recently before a trauma than for events that occurred more remotely in the past
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Temporally graded retrograde amnesia
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An instance where a delayed intention is cued by the appearance of a specific stimulus in the environment
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Event-based prospective memory
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An instance where a delayed intention is cued by the passing of a particular amount of time
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Time-based prospective memory
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An instance where a delayed intention is cued by the transition from one task to another
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Activity-based prospective memory
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Memory of where and when information was acquired
Definition
Source memory
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2. Jim was trying to remember the phone number for his colleague at work so he repeated it until he was able to call him. Later that day when he telephoned his mother he dialed his colleague again. This misdial is referred to as a(n) __________ error.

a) implicit c) misfire
b) purposeful d) intrusion
Definition
D
Term
3. Consolidation that involves a stabilization of molecular structure within cells and synapses is referred to as ________.

a) reorganization b) redevelopment
c) fixation d) prominence
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C
Term
4. Which of the following does not represent an advantage of lineups relative to showups?

a) suppression of false identification b) increase in the accuracy/confidence correlation
c) increase in the bias to make a choice d) increase in likelihood of correct identification
Definition
C
Term
5. Metaknowledge of one’s sensitivity to feedback can ________ the post-identification feedback effect.

a) increase b) decrease
c) eliminate d) has no effect
Definition
D
Term
1. The typical value of the accuracy/confidence correlation in studies of eyewitness memory is _____.

a) .25 c) .50
b) .75 d) 1.00
Definition
A
Term
15. Relative to lineups, showups tend to result in a(n) _____________ in false identification over time.
Definition
increase
Term
3. Studies reveal that retrograde amnesia can be either ______________ or ____________ when considering the timing of memories that are lost due to amnesia.
Definition
Flat / Temporally Graded
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Damage to the ______________ can cause temporally graded retrograde amnesia.
Definition
Hippocampus
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Of the two forms of memory consolidation, ___________ represents stabilization of molecular structure within cells that occurs over minutes or hours, and _____________
represents alterations of knowledge structures lasting for weeks to years after encoding.
Definition
/reorganization
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Work with the DRM paradigm demonstrates that individuals who claim to have recovered memories are _____________ susceptible to false memories in the lab than individuals who do not claim to have recovered memories
Definition
more
Term
Flashbulb memories typically include information about the __________,
___________, ____________, and _________ related to the memory.
Definition
informant /location / time/ emotions
Term
. With in the area of flashbulb memory demonstrates that _____________ and
memory ____________ are not always highly correlated.
Definition
accuracy / confidence
Term
Studies examining the neuropsychology of flashbulb memories demonstrates that both the _________________ and ______________ are important for the formation of flashbulb memories.
Definition
Amygdala / MTL
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Work in the area of eyewitness memory demonstrates that providing a warning the a suspect is not present in a line-up may ____________ the likelihood of false identification.
Definition
decrease
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Work with the post identification feedback paradigm demonstrates that feedback has a _____________ rather than ______________ effect on memory and decision making related to a witnessed event
Definition
general/specific
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Relative to lineups, showups tend to result in a(n) _____________ in false identification over time.
Definition
increase
Term
6. ___________________ helps establish the permanence and organization of memories in the post learning period.
Definition
memory consolidation
Term
person in the car crash video false memory thing:
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Elizabeth Loftus
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