PSY 205 Lecture 7: PSY 205 Chapter 7 Notes

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 205
• Professor: Dr. Shannon C. Houck

Document Summary

Reconstructive memory is a theory of elaborate memory recall proposed within the field of cognitive psychology, in which the act of remembering is influenced by various other cognitive processes including perception, imagination, semantic memory and beliefs, amongst others. Recalled events that didn"t happen (found mothers body) Became interested and started research into memory. Study watch video film of car accident. Misinformation effect- falsely reconstructing memories based off of faulty information. Researcher asked misleading questions which influence the person"s response. Convicted and sentenced death row proven innocent. First death row inmate to be posthumously exonerated by dna evidence. Faulty eyewitness testimony has been implicated in at least 75% of dna exoneration cases. Misinformation effects can occur easily, even without an intention to deceive. Contaminated by others story or misleading questions. Encoding: have to pay attention to form a memory code. Attention- focusing awareness on a narrowed range of stimuli or events.