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The Reliability of Memory: A General Review from Two Memory Models

Authors
Shen Hu1, *
1Beijing Huijia Private School, Beijing, China
*Corresponding author. Email: 23hushen@huijia.edu.cn
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Shen Hu
Available Online 30 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_56How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Reliability of Memory; Flashbulb Memory; Misinformation Effect
Abstract

The reliability of memory is a debatable topic that contemporary psychologists are investigating. They aim to determine a specific boundary that is eligible enough to distinguish the extent to which memory can be considered reliable or not. Flashbulb memory and reconstructive memory are two aspects focused on in this review to explain the specific type of memory and factors that can influence the reliability of memory. In the recent field of psychology research, a vast amount of studies focused on flashbulb memory have explained the crucial role of the “personal relevance” and the “element of surprise” serving to make flashbulb memories reliable. Oppositely, the misinformation effect emphasized in reconstructive memory tends to explain the unreliable notions of memory. It proposed that during the recall process, false memories could be created due to either a leading question or a series of post-event information effects. The reliability of memory is always a hot debatable, and questionable topic. One of its social significance that is discussed in this paper is the auxiliary role of memory that helps the court to make justice sanctions toward crime scenes according to a recalled eyewitness testimony.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2022 5th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
30 December 2022
ISBN
978-2-494069-89-3
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_56How to use a DOI?
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© 2022 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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