Chapter Study Outline

  1. Memory Errors, Memory Gaps
  2. Memory Errors: Some Initial Examples
  3. Memory Errors: A Hypothesis
    1. Understanding Both Helps and Hurts Memory
    2. The DRM Procedure
    3. Schematic Knowledge
    4. Evidence for Schematic Knowledge
    5. The Cost of Memory Errors
    6. Planting False Memories
    7. Are There Limits on the Misinformation Effect?
  4. Avoiding Memory Errors
    1. Memory Confidence
    2. The “Remember/Know” Distinction
  5. Forgetting
    1. The Causes of Forgetting
    2. Undoing Forgetting
    3. Memory: An Overall Assessment
  6. Autobiographical Memory
    1. Memory and the Self
    2. Memory and Emotion
    3. Flashbulb Memories
    4. Traumatic Memories
    5. Long, Long-Term Remembering
    6. How General Are the Principles of Memory?
  7. Chapter Summary