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3.8 - Reconstructive Memory

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In Bartlett's study, "boats" were remembered instead of "canoes" - what is this an example of?

a)

confirmation bias

b)

schematic processing

c)

confabulation

d)

rationalization

2.

Bartlett's "War of the Ghosts" experiment is perfectly fine to use in essays and SAQ's on the IB exam

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Memories are not perfectly preserved "snapshots" of an event but are rather _____________________ every time we access them

a)

remembered

b)

reconstructed

c)

re-assembled

d)

schematicized

4.

_______________ occurs when information from our memories does not fit nicely into our schemas

a)

Distortion

b)

False Memory

c)

Rationalization

d)

Reconstruction

5.

Elizabeth Loftus did work related to

a)

accurate memories being found during hypnosis

b)

Reconstructive memory processing

c)

Finding memory traces or engrams.

d)

Distinguishing long term memory functions from short term memory functions

6.

Which of the following verbs did Loftus and Palmer (1974) use in their study?

a)

Contacted; hit

b)

bumped; collided

c)

hit; smashed

d)

bumped; hit

7.

In Loftus & Palmer's 1974 study on memory, how many participants were there?

a)

100

b)

150

c)

190

d)

250

8.

In Loftus & Palmer's 1974 study on memory, how was the dependent variable measured?

a)

Questionnaires asking the participants to estimate the speed of the cars

b)

Verbal interviews where participants estimated the speed of the cars

c)

Brain Scans measuring amygdala activity in response to the car crash footage

d)

Participants played through the Iowa Gambling Task to measure decision-making

9.

In Loftus & Palmer's 1974 study on memory, how many different test conditions were there?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

10.

In Loftus & Palmer's 1974 study on memory, what percentage of participants in the "Smashed" test condition created a false memory of having seen broken glass on the ground?

a)

10%

b)

25%

c)

32%

d)

47%

11.

Phenomenon of incorrect information being integrated into a memory of an event

a)

Distortion

b)

Misinformation Effect

c)

False Memories

d)

Confabulation

12.

In the lecture video's discussion of the Loftus & Palmer study, what was one potential limitation of the study that was mentioned?

a)

Population Validity

b)

Ecological Validity

c)

Test-Retest Reliability

d)

Inter-Rater Reliability

13.

a particular type of distortion where a false memory is created of something that never happened

a)

Reconstruction

b)

Code Switching

c)

Confabulation

d)

Eyewitness Testimony