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Old 12-13-2004, 11:16 AM
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What I timely thread I am studying this for a final tomarrow...
The section in my book titled; Schemas and Memory Distortions.

Apparently we form a schema about our environment what belongs in an office for example and this can cause us to fill in the blanks of a memory.

Misinformation effect-a memory-distortion phenomenon in which a person's existing memories can be altered if the person is exposed to misleading information.

cryptomnesia-a memory distortion in which a seemingly "new," or "original," memory is actually based on an unrecalled precious memory.

It seems like depending on the words used people can be sudjested into thinking they have a memory of something.

Also flashbulb memories can have great percentage of errors that the people would swear really happend.
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