PSY100Y5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Forgetting Curve, Cryptomnesia, Implicit Memory
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Memories are sketchy reconstructions of the past that may be distorted and may include details that did not actually occur. Part of what people recall about an event is the details of that particular event and part is a reconstruction of the event based on their schemas. (cid:862)o(cid:448)er(cid:449)riti(cid:374)g(cid:863) e(cid:454)pla(cid:374)atio(cid:374) is (cid:449)he(cid:374) (cid:374)e(cid:449) (cid:373)isi(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374) destro(cid:455)s a(cid:374)d repla(cid:272)es the origi(cid:374)al memory of the event. Source monitoring is the process of making attributions about the origins of memories. Source monitoring is a crucial feature of memory retrieval that contributes to many of the mistakes that people make in reconstructing their experiences. A source-monitoring error occurs when a memory derived from one source is misattributed to another source. Cryptomnesia is inadvertent plagiarism that occurs when people come up with an idea that they think is original, when they were actually exposed to it earlier.
