Reconstructive Memory

3. the reaction of the body and mind to everyday challenges and demands
4. negative physical/mental/emotional effects of an experience
7. an increase in a cell's firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation. Believed to be a neural basis for learning and memory
8. information provided post-event
12. questions that predispose a respondent to answer in a certain way
13. the act of filling in memory gaps
14. the changes that take place in the structure and functioning of neurons when a memory is formed
16. altering details to be more congruent to the subjects culture and langauge
17. A limbic structure involved in memory and emotion, particularly fear and aggression.
19. the quality of being particularly noticeable or important;
20. incorporating misleading information into one's memory of an event
21. emphasizing important or more interesting elements in telling a story to someone else
22. failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere

1. occurs when recall is better for a distinctive item, even if it occurs in the middle of a list
2. firm belief
3. The theory that information learned in a particular state of mind (e.g., depressed, happy, somber) is more easily recalled when in that same state of mind.
5. the inability to retrieve memory from long-term storage
6. the process of becoming tainted or corrupted
9. forgetting what occurs with the passage of time
10. capable of being shaped
11. a clear, sustained memory of an emotionally significant moment or event; often shared with others
15. attributing a memory to the wrong place and time, resulting in a false memory
18. tendency to minimize the less central details of a study