PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Guided Imagery, Memory Consolidation
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How memories are organized and constructed: the schema: an active organization process. Schemas: organized clusters of memories that constitute one"s knowledge about events, objects, and ideas. Schemas are activated when we encounter familiar events/objects and affect what we expect, pay attention to, and remember: how schemas influence memory. Schemas are involved in all three stages of memory. Schemas guide what we attend to during encoding, organizing stored memories, and serve as cues when it comes to information retrieval. Schemas seem to be a product of culture and experience. Constructive memory: process by which we first recall a generalized schema and then add in specific details. Schemas (can although be inaccurate) do exist and likely help with the process of memory consolidation. Essentially rewriting parts of the brain when you add new schema. Self-schemas are based on past experiences and are used to organize and the encoding of self-relevant information in a way that can influence our responses.
