Question
How might false memories be constructed?
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A person pays attention to details of an actual event.
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A person may falsely remember that a word was part of a list, if it was related to words that were in the list.
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An imagined event will form a mental image that may be later recalled as a real event.
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A person immediately rehearses information he learns.
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A person may encode as true a story someone else tells about him.
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A person pays attention to details of an actual event.
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A person may falsely remember that a word was part of a list, if it was related to words that were in the list.
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An imagined event will form a mental image that may be later recalled as a real event.
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A person immediately rehearses information he learns.
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A person may encode as true a story someone else tells about him.
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Correct choices:
- A person may falsely remember that a word was part of a list, if it was related to words that were in the list. (True — DRM false-memory effect.)
- An imagined event will form a mental image that may be later recalled as a real event. (True — imagination inflation can create memory confusions.)
- A person may encode as true a story someone else tells about him. (True — source-monitoring errors and the misinformation/social suggestion effects.)
Incorrect choices:
- A person pays attention to details of an actual event. (Paying attention improves veridical encoding and makes false memory less likely.)
- A person immediately rehearses information he learns. (Rehearsal generally strengthens accurate memory rather than creating false memories.)
- A person may falsely remember that a word was part of a list, if it was related to words that were in the list. (True — DRM false-memory effect.)
- An imagined event will form a mental image that may be later recalled as a real event. (True — imagination inflation can create memory confusions.)
- A person may encode as true a story someone else tells about him. (True — source-monitoring errors and the misinformation/social suggestion effects.)
Incorrect choices:
- A person pays attention to details of an actual event. (Paying attention improves veridical encoding and makes false memory less likely.)
- A person immediately rehearses information he learns. (Rehearsal generally strengthens accurate memory rather than creating false memories.)