The Psychology class where komal and danielle are both texting their

men
‍♀ ️ and I’m just out here not relating ‍♀️ 🤷🏻‍️😕
● Reconstructive memory
● When remembering, we actively reconstruct memories, not passively
reproduce them (like “sleep”)
● Remembering yourself taking a walk…
○ Observer memory vs. field memory
■ But you never saw yourself, not really… (observer if you see
yourself / the memory from someone else’s eyes)
■ Asians - observer memories (adopt others’ perspectives)
■ European Americans - field memories
● Science of memory vs popular opinion?
● So how can we explain this?
● *So much of yourself is your memory

● Three Systems of Memory

● Sensory, short-term, and long-term (current researchers suspect there are more)
● Differ in terms of span and duration
○ Span = how much of a time period each system can hold
○ Duration = how long of a time period the system can hold the information
● Moves from