Chapter 7 In Your Everyday Life
Answering these questions will help you make these concepts more personally meaningful, and therefore more memorable.
What has your memory system encoded, stored, and retrieved today?
How do you make psychology terms more personally meaningful so you remember them better? Could you do this more often?
Can you recall a time when stress helped you remember something? Has stress ever made it more difficult to remember something?
In what ways do you notice your moods coloring your memories, perceptions, or expectations?
Most people wish for a better memory. Is that true of you? Do you ever wish you were better at forgetting certain memories?
If you were on a jury in a trial involving recovered memories of abuse, do you think you could be impartial? Would it matter whether the defendant was a parent accused of sexual abuse, or a therapist being sued for creating a false memory?
Think of a memory you frequently recall. How might you have changed it without conscious awareness?
Which of the study and memory strategies suggested at the end of this chapter do you plan to try first?
Use 
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