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Studies Show That Memory Is Not Just __________,Such That We

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Studies show that memory is not just __________,such that we use only what we have encountered to help us rebuild original remembered experience;it is also __________,in that our schemas for prior experience affect how we recall things.


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Unreality

A sensation or state where one feels detached from reality, often experienced in psychological conditions or states of altered consciousness.

False Memory

A psychological phenomenon where a person recalls something that did not actually happen or recalls it differently from the way it actually happened.

Elizabeth Loftus

A cognitive psychologist known for her extensive research on the malleability of human memory and the misinformation effect.

Lost At The Mall

A technique used in psychological experiments to implant false memories by suggesting to participants they got lost in a mall as a child.

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