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LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty ImagesAUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY: WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN MY LIFE
The Multidimensional Nature of AM
Memory Over the Life SpanMEMORY FOR “EXCEPTIONAL” EVENTS
Memory and Emotion
Flashbulb Memories
METHOD: Repeated RecallTEST YOURSELF 8.1
THE CONSTRUCTIVE NATURE OF MEMORY
Bartlett’s “War of the Ghosts” Experiment
Source Monitoring and Source Monitoring Errors
METHOD: Testing for Source Monitoring
How Real-World Knowledge Affects Memory Contents • xv
DEMONSTRATION: Reading Sentences
DEMONSTRATION: Memory for a List
Taking Stock: The Pluses and Minuses of Construction
TEST YOURSELF 8.2
MEMORY CAN BE MODIFIED OR CREATED BY SUGGESTION
The Misinformation Effect
METHOD: Presenting Misleading Postevent Information
Creating False Memories for Early Events in People’s Lives
WHY DO PEOPLE MAKE ERRORS IN EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY?
Errors of Eyewitness Identification
The Crime Scene and Afterward
What Is Being Done?
SOMETHING TO CONSIDER: MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD ABUSE
TEST YOURSELF 8.3
CHAPTER SUMMARY
THINK ABOUT IT
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE
KEY TERMS
MEDIA RESOURCES
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