We edit memories(7)


Social identity theory

Social identity is the part of a person's self-concept that is made from their membership in a social group.

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Spacing effect

Recollection of memory is better if we try to remember that information at specific intervals.

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False memory

Memory error that can create slightly wrong or wildly inaccurate recollection that the person is very confident about.

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Broaden-and-build Theory

Negative emotions have immediate survival benefits. Positive emotions have long term benefits.

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Suggestibility

Suggestibility is tendency to accept or act on the suggestion of others.

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Misattribution of memory

We tend to wrongly identify the source of a memory at point of recall.

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Cryptomnesia

We some times remember something that was forgotten - but we think that is an original thought that we made.

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