When We Make Our Memories Consistent with Our Current Beliefs

question 107

Multiple Choice

When we make our memories consistent with our current beliefs or attitudes,we are experiencing

• A) persistence.
• B) memory bias.
• C) memory misattribution.
• D) suggestibility.

Understand Bandura's views on operant conditioning and observational learning.

Recognize the importance of reinforcement in Bandura's theory, both direct and vicarious.

Appreciate the impact of a model's characteristics on the observer's likelihood to imitate behavior.

Identify factors influencing modeling and observational learning.

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Definitions:

Broca's Area

A region in the frontal lobe of the dominant hemisphere (usually the left) of the brain with functions linked to speech production.

Testing Effect

The cognitive phenomenon where taking a test on material leads to better memory retention than if the material was studied without being tested.

Retention of Material

The ability to remember or retain information over time after the initial learning phase.

Retrograde Amnesia

The inability to remember experiences or learned information from before an injury happened or a disease started.